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News Icann (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), the international body responsible for allocating generic and country code top-level domain names - gTLDs and ccTLDs respectively - is asking for public input on developing a new... [14 May 2007]
US to keep hold of Icann until 2011?
News The US government this week renewed its contract with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), effectively extending its grip on the administrative body that co-ordinates net addressing until up to 2011. [17 Aug 2006]
Icann tests global domain names
News Icann, the standards body that oversees the internet addressing system, is to test Arabic, Chinese and other non-Roman characters in domain names. But people in Asian and Arabic countries, whose languages can contain thousands of characters, are... [17 Mar 2006]
Stamp out dodgy domain registration, Icann told
News Smith concluded that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), the standards body for internet domain names, is failing to "weed out such fraudulent identifications". The GAO said Icann is now requiring registrars to... [08 Dec 2005]
Bush agrees web control pact with UN
News In addition, the internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), the not-for-profit organisation created by the Clinton administration to oversee day-to-day management is located in Marina del Rey, California. [16 Nov 2005]
US bids to hold on to net
News It's designed in part to provide other nations with a forum to debate alternatives to the current form of internet governance, which is heavily influenced by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)--a California nonprofit... [04 Nov 2005]
Iraq gets its own domain name back
News Internet regulator Icann has decided to give control of Iraq's domain name dot-iq to an Iraqi government body, the National Communications and Media Commission (NCMC). After the war in Iraq, Icann believed the country to be too unstable to take... [08 Aug 2005]
US can't dominate domain names, says UN
News Among the governance options put forward by the group were a continuation of the current system, creation of a world body to address public policy issues stemming from the work of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) and... [18 Jul 2005]
VeriSign to keep control of .net?
News Icann, the international body that manages the domain name system, appears to be on track to hand VeriSign control of the .net top-level domain registry until the middle of 2011. Icann said that out of five applicants, Verisign was best suited to... [30 Mar 2005]
.eu is officially born
News Icann (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), the international body in charge of managing internet domains, has given the official go-ahead to the creation of a European top level domain, .eu. [24 Mar 2005]
Google sets up as domain registrar
News Rival registrars that make a business of selling domain names are speculating that the credentials will give Google a more powerful seat at the table with Icann, an internet government body, or a potential business opportunity down the road. [02 Feb 2005]
German group bids to wrestle dot-net from VeriSign
News However, today internet naming body Icann's deadline closed for companies bidding to take over the running of the dot-net domains, which account for around five million internet addresses. Icann will now review all applications with an announcement... [18 Jan 2005]
Dot-eu domain name scramble timetable unveiled
News In the meantime, the consortium will finalise the contracts with Icann (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) so that the dot-eu name will be integrated in the overall worldwide domain name system. [11 May 2004]
Mobile internet looks to get its very own domain
News Assuming Icann support the creation of the mobile domain, a separate body will be set up to dish out the new domain names, which should be available in the second half of next year. The industry coalition backing the initiative includes such... [10 Mar 2004]
Icann "disappointed" in VeriSign
News It claims that Icann has transformed itself over the last six years from a modest technical coordinating body into the "de facto regulator of the domain name system" and alleges breach of contract and antitrust violations. [01 Mar 2004]
