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VeriSign settles deception case
News That move earned the company an antitrust lawsuit by a search engine and the ire of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Name and Numbers (Icann), a government-sanctioned group with broad authority over the Net's infrastructure. [25 Sep 2003]
EU to probe Network Solutions
News Pope also claimed the industry's controlling body, Icann (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), is also making life difficult for smaller companies. NSI has faced heavy criticism over its handling of the deregulation of the domain... [01 Jul 1999]
Online porn set for dedicated domain name
News But new domain names are likely to be on the agenda of its replacement, Icann, later this year. In his application to Iana (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority), which controls top-level domain names, Olin offered to set the servers up himself. [08 Apr 1999]
Amazon enters domain name game
News E-tail giant Amazon.com is to begin selling internet addresses to individuals and businesses having won approval to do so from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Amazon is not currently offering domains, and the site... [03 Mar 2003]
AOL and France Telecom get green light to sell Web names
News Icann, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, announced the appointments yesterday and will closely monitor the companies. Until now, Internet domain names were the sole responsibility of Network Solutions (NSI), on behalf of the... [22 Apr 1999]
Can Icann clarify dot-eu names?
Comment However, now Icann, the body controlling much rulemaking on the internet, is discussing the release of five new domain names just as likely to affect companies. However, domain name registrars will have to pay an advance fee of $50,000 and... [26 Aug 2000]
US keeps keys to internet domain names
News At the moment, the US government maintains control of the internet's "root" - the master file that lists which top-level domains are authorised - but has indicated in the past that it would transfer that responsibility to the Internet Corporation... [01 Jul 2005]
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