domain names icann registration

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]

What's in a name? ICANN and the Net name game

Comment ICANN has taken its initiative from WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organisation) which released a report earlier this year calling for more transparency and accountability in the registration process. [06 Sep 1999]

Stamp out dodgy domain registration, Icann told

News A study three years ago found Icann policies encouraged but did not require registration organisations - such as Go Daddy or VeriSign - to verify information from people who have submitted false information. [08 Dec 2005]

The best of 'Reader Comments': Nazi memorabilia on Yahoo! in France and Icann's new names

Comment Icann need to address this misbalance, allowing for a more flexible and more global registration system. Meanwhile, the announcement of new top level domain names from internet governing body Icann (http://www.silicon.com/a40928 ) elicited these... [24 Nov 2000]

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. Under a contract with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), VeriSign... [15 Sep 2004]

Icann ruling opens up domain name market

News A controversial ruling by Internet Corporation Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), the body which oversees Web address allocation, has laid the foundation to open competition of domain name registration. [05 Nov 1999]

Avoid .eu domain scams, firms warned

News Firms should always use an ICANN-accredited domain name reseller to minimise their risk of losing money or a domain, said Robinson. Businesses are being warned to steer clear of firms offering pre-registration for the new .eu domain names. [28 Aug 2003]

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]

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]

US body 'taxing' European domains

News We don't charge customers for domain names based on their size, so neither should Icann," said Black. Europe's domain name registries have once again locked horns with internet governing body Icann in their long-running battle over charges. [08 Jan 2002]

BT Cellnet web blunder could be the last

News Icann said the system currently falls down because domain owners simply forget to renew registration, often because of a communication failure with the company that sold them the domain. The domain name governing body, the International Corporation... [18 Feb 2002]

.eu is officially born

News Icann (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), the international body in charge of managing internet domains, has given the official go-ahead to the creation of a European top level domain, .eu. [24 Mar 2005]

Icann releases guidelines for .com competition

News Icann, the US government organisation due to take over the management of global domain names later this year, has issued guidelines for companies wishing to compete with Network Solutions for the contract to handle registration of .com names. [09 Feb 1999]

Why DDos attack didn't bring down the net

News Icann regulates internet domain name and address registration and operates one of the main so-called root DNS servers. The distributed denial of service attack on the Domain Name System (DNS) proved the effectiveness of the Anycast load-balancing... [12 Mar 2007]

Icann goes into election with 150,000 new members

News According to Icann, the registration process was delayed after an overwhelming number of requests on its site at http://www.icann.org . Over 150,000 internet users have signed up to become members of Icann - the organisation in charge of global... [01 Aug 2000]

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