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News Among the governance options put forward by the group were a continuation of the current system, creation of a world body to address public policy issues stemming from the work of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) and...
[18 Jul 2005]
News The US government this week renewed its contract with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), effectively extending its grip on the administrative body that co-ordinates net addressing until up to 2011.
[17 Aug 2006]
News Rival registrars that make a business of selling domain names are speculating that the credentials will give Google a more powerful seat at the table with Icann, an internet government body, or a potential business opportunity down the road.
[02 Feb 2005]
News The head of the body that governs global internet policy has proposed radical changes to the organisation's structure after admitting it has largely failed to live up to its promise. The changes will ensure that governments around the world have a...
[25 Feb 2002]
News Less than two weeks before a United Nations summit on the internet begins, technology firms including Google, IBM and Microsoft are supporting the Bush administration's efforts to maintain the United States' influence over domain names.
[04 Nov 2005]
News Smith concluded that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), the standards body for internet domain names, is failing to "weed out such fraudulent identifications". More than eight per cent of all internet domain names are...
[08 Dec 2005]
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]
News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) was granted another extension to oversee the administration of domain names - the third expansion of an agreement originally struck in 1998.
[23 Sep 2002]
News The UK domain name industry has reacted sceptically to proposals by the president of Icann to reform the way the internet governing body is run. Andy Duff, European director of New.net, which has launched new domain names independent of the Icann...
[28 Feb 2002]
Comment The proposal to create new top-level domain names has also led to complaints concerning pre-registration sales methods. Also, domain names have been stated to be available for a fee when they are in fact either not registerable under current rules...
[24 Apr 2001]
News The internet's governing body has threatened to pull VeriSign's contract to sell web addresses unless the domain name company maintains more accurate records of its customers. The organisation has a contract with the US government to approve web...
[04 Sep 2002]
News Icann will take over from Iana, an academic body that links Web site addresses to the right servers. EC commissioner, Martin Bangemann has written to the US government to give his approval to the new Internet naming authority, Icann (Internet...
[06 Nov 1998]
News Icann - the new domain name watchdog - came in for harsh criticism at its first meeting to discuss its future role in the organisation of global domain names such as .com and .net. They complained that it isn't clear how the board members of Icann...
[16 Nov 1998]
News The internet governing body has rejected calls to put the country-code domain system on a professional footing, despite attempts by several European registries to force Icann into providing a service contract.
[09 Jan 2002]
News At issue in this dispute is the unique influence the US government wields over the master list of top-level domain names - such as dot-com, dot-org, and country codes including dot-uk and dot-jp - as a result of the network's historical origins.
[16 Nov 2005]
News Postel helped to found many of the organisations which have been crucial to the development of the Net, but was best known for his work with Iana, the agency contracted by the US government to coordinate the Internet's address system, domain names...
[19 Oct 1998]
News WHOIS was pioneered by Network Solutions, the US government-funded body that VeriSign took over in 1999. In a 12-3 vote, the directors of ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) allowed Verisign to continue its dual function...
[03 Apr 2001]
Comment Responsible for assigning top level domain names, it has the potential to resolve intellectual property and copyright disputes, the bane of a thriving online economy. But that still meant five out of 13 committee members were from the United States...
[30 Jun 2000]
News Some countries, including open source fan Brazil and tech tiger China, would like to see governing body Icann, which currently regulates areas such as domain names distribution and IP addresses, is heavily US-dominated.
[10 Dec 2003]
News The US government has approved the Internet's new ruling body, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann). In a memorandum of understanding, the two parties have agreed to develop a framework for competition between domain name...
[25 Nov 1998]
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