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Icann gives go-ahead to new domain names
News At its summit meeting in Yokohama, Japan, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) has decided to make new top-level domains (TLDs) available, but the organisation does not yet know how many or which ones. [17 Jul 2000]
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 cause a division in the control of domains on the internet - and... [17 Mar 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]
Icann ponders new top level domains
News Stuart Lynn, president of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), published a recommendation last week proposing preparations begin for a new expansion of the net namespace even as the group prepares to evaluate the... [13 Nov 2002]
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]
'Villainous' VeriSign to sue Icann
News The suit, filed in the central district of California, claims that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) has transformed itself over the last six years from a modest technical coordinating body into the "de facto... [27 Feb 2004]
WIPO sets up official channel for domain name disputes
News The scheme has the backing of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the independent body set-up to govern the Internet. ICANN and the Net name game' http://www.silicon.com/a32547 . [06 Dec 1999]
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]
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]
China to set up its own 'splinternet'?
News The creation of Chinese character domain names has led to speculation that China could break away from Icann completely, and undermine the global unity of the DNS, the network of servers that resolves domain name requests. [02 Mar 2006]
VeriSign suit not about 'control of the internet' says ICANN chief
News In an interview with silicon.com, Paul Twomey, president and CEO of ICANN, said the case will be a distraction but that the organisation will continue with "core" issues such as internationalised domain names. [08 Mar 2004]
Icann plans thwarted by US bill
News Two US congressmen introduced a bill on Thursday that would block an Icann plan to give control of all expiring domains ending in dot-com and dot-net to VeriSign. The bill also calls for a federal investigation of Icann's business practices. [20 Jun 2003]
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]
Google sets up as domain registrar
News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), a nonprofit based in Los Angeles, has deemed Google a domain name registrar, according to the search company. Rival registrars that make a business of selling domain names are... [02 Feb 2005]
What's in a name? ICANN and the Net name game
Comment At its most recent meeting on 26 August in Santiago, Chile, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approved a policy designed to break the back of domain name lawsuits. ICANN wants to create a third-party arbitration... [06 Sep 1999]
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