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Domain names skyrocket - just don't mention the dot-com boom
News VeriSign collects a few dollars a year for each domain name from the approximately 200 ICANN-accredited registrars that sell domain names to the public. Some of the key factors that spurred domain registrations and renewals include a spurt of... [15 Sep 2004]
Dot-com domain control stays in VeriSign's hands
News VeriSign's ownership of the dot-net registry will expire on 1 January 2006, but the company will be allowed to bid for a renewal licence. In a 12-3 vote, the directors of ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) allowed... [03 Apr 2001]
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 domain names in 2003. The dispute arises out of a lawsuit settlement... [08 Jun 2006]
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]
'Villainous' VeriSign to sue Icann
News A long-simmering dispute between the two organisations that control the way internet domain names and addresses are run has spilled out into the public domain, after VeriSign filed a lawsuit claiming it had unlawfully been prevented from adding... [27 Feb 2004]
VeriSign enforces the Icann't party line
Comment Last month, it gave VeriSign control of the dot-com domain database - effectively a cash cow, which they can freely milk for the next six years. We're talking about VeriSign and Icann, the people who decide who gets to be a dot-com. [25 May 2001]
Dot-com domain control up for grabs
News At issue is whether one single company - Verisign - will be allowed both to manage the registry and act as a registrar by selling the dot-com addresses on it. If Icann's board of directors rules against Verisign, the security software firm will... [02 Apr 2001]
German group bids to wrestle dot-net from VeriSign
News Denic, the not-for-profit German organisation responsible for the administration of dot-de domain names has thrown its hat into the ring in bidding to handle dot-net domains, adding that it is time the market wrestled some power back from US firm... [18 Jan 2005]
VeriSign suit not about 'control of the internet' says ICANN chief
News The main resolution gave the go-ahead for ICANN to press ahead with the process of finding a "successor operator" for the dot-net domain by June - ahead of the original contract with VeriSign, signed in 2001, expiring. [08 Mar 2004]
For sale: Dot-org domains, one careful owner
News Previous owner Verisign surrendered control of the domain in exchange for an extension to its control of the far more lucrative dot-com domains. As a result of the deal Verisign will now enjoy control of the dot-com registry until at least 2007. [25 Jun 2002]
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 the dot-mobi domain in July from Icann - the Internet... [24 Oct 2005]
Domain name registrations now beating dot-com days
News Over 4.7 million new registrants joined the list of owners in the first three months of this year - an all-time high not seen in the history of the internet, according to VeriSign's latest Domain Name Report. [09 Jun 2004]
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 right to raise fees on dot-com domains by... [05 Dec 2006]
Outrage as surfers' voices are silenced
News Yesterday Verisign shut down the "Domain-Policy" list, in which users could debate controversial issues regarding the allocation of internet names. The renewal of VeriSign's contract to administer the lucrative dot-com database for another six... [25 May 2001]
Icann plans thwarted by US bill
News A pair of Washington state politicians, on behalf of a collection of companies that register domain names, said they intend to block a controversial procedure that would establish VeriSign as a central place to buy all expiring dot-com and dot-net... [20 Jun 2003]
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