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US can't dominate domain names, says UN

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...

Tags: united nations, domain names, icann

[18 Jul 2005]

US to keep hold of Icann until 2011?

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.

Tags: icann

[17 Aug 2006]

Consensus finally reached over Internet authority

News Network Solutions (NSI) and the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (Iana), yesterday published by-laws for an organisation called the Internet Cooperation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann). Despite fears that the Internet would remain forever...

[18 Sep 1998]

Protect the net from UN menace, says US senator

News If ratified, Coleman's resolution would assure the Bush administration and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) of political support on Capitol Hill during the negotiations at the World Summit on the Information Society.

Tags: icann

[19 Oct 2005]

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]

Icann unveils new <strong>domain</strong> <strong>names</strong>

Icann unveils new domain names

News The Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) said at the conclusion of its quarterly meeting in Uruguay that '.museum,' '.coop,' and '.aero' could be up and running by January. Three new domain names have been ratified to help...

[11 Sep 2001]

Analysis: The new Internet order

Comment Stefferud, who now runs a network management consultancy in the US, suggested that three councils be set up to cover Internet protocols, IP numbers and IP names. Agencies that administer the domain names for individual countries should form an Iana...

[13 Aug 1998]

Stamp out dodgy domain registration, Icann told

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...

Tags: registration, domain, domain name, domain names

[08 Dec 2005]

Icann still can

Icann still can

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]

VeriSign settles deception case

VeriSign settles deception case

News Network Solutions, which the US government originally awarded monopoly oversight over the issuance of domain names, now shares those responsibilities with dozens of competitors. VeriSign has settled charges brought by the Federal Trade Commission...

Tags: federal trade commission, charges, ftc, verisign

[25 Sep 2003]

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]

EU to probe Network Solutions

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]

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...

Tags: dot-xxx, porno, .xxx, porn

[17 Aug 2005]

Icann: "Disorganised, ineffective, understaffed and underfunded"

Icann: "Disorganised, ineffective, understaffed and underfunded"

News Stuart Lynn, president of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), listed its accomplishments, then added: "Icann is still not fully organised, and it is certainly not yet capable of shouldering the entire responsibility of...

[25 Feb 2002]

German registrar deletes <strong>US</strong> website

German registrar deletes US website

News Joker.com's dealings with its customers are basically governed by the usual rules that govern business dealings," said a spokeswoman for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which licenses registrars including Joker.com.

[12 Feb 2003]

Icann getting heavy with VeriSign

Icann getting heavy with VeriSign

News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) yesterday accused VeriSign of breaching its contract because it failed to correct inaccurate customer information in a timely fashion. The organisation has a contract with the US...

[04 Sep 2002]

EC gives seal of approval to Net names authority

News EC commissioner, Martin Bangemann has written to the US government to give his approval to the new Internet naming authority, Icann (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers). However, the EC has not yet given its support to the...

[06 Nov 1998]

Online porn set for dedicated domain name

News In his application to Iana (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority), which controls top-level domain names, Olin offered to set the servers up himself. But new domain names are likely to be on the agenda of its replacement, Icann, later this year.

[08 Apr 1999]

Icann's price hike raises industry ire

Icann's price hike raises industry ire

News Icann - the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers - grew out of a US government operation to run a directory of all the top level domains names (TLDs), which are used in every internet address.

[28 Feb 2002]

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...

Tags: com, us congress, dot, icann

[05 Dec 2006]

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