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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]
Icann delays .xxx porn vote
News The move by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) was expected after ICM Registry, the Florida company that plans to operate dot-xxx, agreed on Monday to a month's delay, saying the additional time would permit it to... [17 Aug 2005]
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 legislation also considers transforming Icann into a federal advisory committee... [20 Jun 2003]
Protect the net from UN menace, says US senator
News Suggestions that have been made include new mandates for "consumer protection", the power to levy taxes on domain names to pay for "universal access", and folding Icann into the International Telecommunications Union, a UN agency. [19 Oct 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]
Dot-com domain control stays in VeriSign's hands
News In a 12-3 vote, the directors of ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) allowed Verisign to continue its dual function for a further six years, with certain stipulations. As stated in a silicon.com story yesterday, ICANN's... [03 Apr 2001]
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]
Bush agrees web control pact with UN
News In addition, the internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), the not-for-profit organisation created by the Clinton administration to oversee day-to-day management is located in Marina del Rey, California. [16 Nov 2005]
Dot-com domain control up for grabs
News If Icann's board of directors rules against Verisign, the security software firm will have to sell its dot-com registrar business by 10 May 2001. The directors of Icann, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, will make the ruling. [02 Apr 2001]
Icann funding plan angers national registrars
News The registrars behind country code domain names such as dot-uk and dot-fr are up in arms over a large bill from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann). Icann is an industry-led consortium which has taken on management of... [04 Jul 2000]
For sale: Dot-org domains, one careful owner
News The dot-org domain name is set to have a new owner after Icann revealed 11 bidders have registered their interest in taking over control of the not-for-profit suffix. Icann (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) has already... [25 Jun 2002]
Can Icann clarify dot-eu names?
Comment Among these is dot-eu (.eu), and a storm is brewing after Icann allowed an internet group to roll out a dot-eu dot-com address - in direct competition with European Commission (EC) efforts to obtain authorisation for dot-eu. [26 Aug 2000]
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