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The H.264 standard, also called HEVC, is intended to cut bandwidth usage in half for high-quality video transmission to Internet-connected devices

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The UK was ignored by both UN member states and the ITU at this month's crucial meeting in Dubai. That's bad news for a free and open Internet, says Tom Brewster

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ITU meeting fails, as countries reject UN Internet treaty

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ITU has adopted controversial international standards for deep packet inspection

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Controversial proposals handed to the ITU on Friday have now been withdrawn

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The ITU responds to critics such as Google who accuse it of seeking to gain control of the Internet

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The United Nations should not be given control of the Internet, European MPs have warned

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Tech giant worried governments will ruin the Internet

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Microsoft wants to fight patent “trolls” while Qualcomm denies the existence of patent warfare

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