Global Infrastructure Networks
The Trans-national Strategy and Policy Interface
Colin Turner and Debra Johnson
Chapter 4: The Global Information Infrastructure System
The Trans-national Strategy and Policy Interface
Colin Turner and Debra Johnson
Extract
Arguably the global information infrastructure (GII) arguably demonstrates the highest degree of globality of all the economic infrastructures under consideration within this research. The GII itself is a modular concept consisting of a multitude of technologies. At the core of the spread of the GII is the internet. This technology has an embedded globality from its outset and access to it is seen as a key barometer of the economic development. This process has been supported by the development of an extensive oceanic cable system. However, this embedded globality is increasingly being challenged as many starts to restrict access to or movements of data. This has been shaped by the growing narratives on the so-called ‘splinternet’.
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