domain names dot icann in news
New domain names on the horizon for 2008
News Icann (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), the international body responsible for allocating generic and country code top-level domain names -... [14 May 2007]
VeriSign granted dot-com til 2012
News The decision follows a lawsuit settlement reached back in March, when the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), which oversees the net's address infrastructure, gave VeriSign the... [05 Dec 2006]
Dot-com domain price hike sparks angry debate
News The settlement, approved by Icann's board by a 9-5 vote, ended a legal spat that started with VeriSign's controversial move to take control of all unassigned dot-com and dot-net... [08 Jun 2006]
Icann vetoes sex suffix
News Icann has twice abandoned plans to vote on the creation of a dot-xxx domain, most recently last December. Internet regulator Icann has voted down a proposal to create a... [11 May 2006]
Democrats rekindle porn domain debate
News The 11-page measure would require the US Department of Commerce to work with Icann, the non-profit organisation that oversees domain names, to develop plans for a domain... [20 Mar 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. Experts are concerned the move could... [17 Mar 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... [02 Mar 2006]
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... [16 Nov 2005]
Dot-mobi: Follow operator code or you don't get a URL
News Dot-mobi domain names are expected to become available from early 2006, with trademark holders the first to be allowed to register for URLs.mTLD officially won the right to administer... [24 Oct 2005]
Protect the net from UN menace, says US senator
News Suggestions that have been made include new mandates for "consumer protection", the power to levy taxes on domain names to pay for "universal access", and folding Icann into the... [19 Oct 2005]
Dot-travel domain unleashed
News With popular dot-com domain names fast getting used up, Icann has been forced to create new top level domains to cope with the demand. The domain,... [04 Oct 2005]
Virtual red light district still in limbo
News The fate of the highly controversial dot-xxx internet domain will not be decided until "a future date", a representative of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names... [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... [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. Other governments have also been applying... [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... [11 Jul 2005]
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