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Article: ITU: Jon Postel awarded ITU silver medal at INET '98 for his role in the success story of the Internet
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- July 22, 1998
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M2 PRESSWIRE-22 July 1998-ITU: Jon Postel awarded ITU silver medal at INET '98 for his central role in the success story of the Internet (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Geneva -- Dr Jon Postel received today the ITU silver medal for his central role in the success story of the Internet. The medal was awarded on behalf of ITU Secretary-General, Dr Pekka Tarjanne, in recognition of Dr Postel's outstanding contribution to the development of the Global Information Infrastructure, through his management of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA).
In the world of Internet governance, few organizations play as critical a role as the IANA. ...