The Internet of the past generation, which we have been using for decades, came from the United States, but the next generation of network protocols may be of Japanese origin.
Japanese Minister of Communications Yoshihide Suga (Yoshihide Suga)
said that his country is beginning work on the research and implementation of technologies to create a new generation of global network that will replace the Internet. The government plans that the commercial operation of the Network will begin no later than 2020.
A special organization will be created to work on the project this fall, which will bring together representatives of commercial companies, academic structures and the government. To finance the project, the budget of 2008 will include the sum of ÂĄ 7.8 billion, which corresponds to $ 68.3 million at the current exchange rate.
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The minister is convinced that Japan is fully capable of leading the development of promising post-Internet technologies that will become a global standard. The new Internet will be more reliable, faster, with built-in protection against virus outbreaks and hacker attacks.