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News On Thursday, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) voted to allow - in addition to more traditional top-level domains (TLDs), such as .com and .org - theoretically any TLD at all, as long as it is has no more than 64... [30 Jun 2008]
US to keep hold of Icann until 2011?
News The MoU, designed to pave the way for an eventual shift away from US control, outlines more specific obligations for Icann, such as procedures for establishing new top-level domain names, for keeping tabs on "Whois" registry information, and for... [17 Aug 2006]
Dot-com domain price hike sparks angry debate
News The dispute arises out of a lawsuit settlement reached on 1 March in which the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) gave VeriSign the right to raise fees on dot-com domains by seven per cent annually. [08 Jun 2006]
China to set up its own 'splinternet'?
News Geir Rasmussen, chief executive of Global Name Registry, a domain name registration organisation which oversees the dot-name domain, said: "Fragmentation is a concern both to Icann and us because of end-user confusion. [02 Mar 2006]
Virtual red light district still in limbo
News Icann's board of directors considered an agreement for the proposed virtual red-light district at a Thursday meeting but decided against taking action, directing Icann staff to negotiate "additional contractual provisions" with ICM Registry, the... [19 Sep 2005]
Icann delays .xxx porn vote
News The move by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) was expected after ICM Registry, the Florida company that plans to operate dot-xxx, agreed on Monday to a month's delay, saying the additional time would permit it to... [17 Aug 2005]
Bush gives .xxx porn domain a red light
News Icann approved the concept of a dot-xxx domain in June and approval of ICM Registry's contract to run the suffix was expected this week. ICM Registry - the for-profit company in Florida that plans to operate the dot-xxx registry - has told Icann it... [16 Aug 2005]
.mobi: The internet in the palm of your hand
News The Mobile Top Level Domain Initiative - a collective of industry heavyweights including the likes of The GSM Association, Microsoft, Nokia, Samsung, T-Mobile and Vodafone - has created a new joint venture to run the administration of the domain... [11 Jul 2005]
Will .net fees rise after 2006?
News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), the not-for-profit organisation responsible for internet addresses, quietly agreed to lift wholesale price restrictions on dot-net registry fees last month when it renewed a contract... [11 Jul 2005]
Porn lovers get .xxx domain
News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) said it's working with the ICM Registry to finalise remaining details, meaning the porn-friendly set of dot-xxx domains should be available by the end of the year. [02 Jun 2005]
Icann gives green light to .travel and .jobs
News Icann has also approved Mauritius-based AfriNIC as the regional internet registry for Africa. Icann, the group in charge of regulating top level domain (TLD) names, has approved two new TLDs — .jobs and .travel — to come on stream later this year. [12 Apr 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]
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]
Domain names skyrocket - just don't mention the dot-com boom
News Under a contract with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), VeriSign operates the master database of all .com and .net domains. VeriSign collects a few dollars a year for each domain name from the approximately 200 ICANN... [15 Sep 2004]
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]
