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Within ICANN’s recent announcement that renews VeriSign’s hold on the .net Registry was a domain name fee of $2 per year for all .jobs and .travel domain owners. ICANN fails to mention what this new fee money will be used for though. The fee comes on the heels of last year’s announcement of a 75 [...] Continue reading
ICANN has approved the .eu extension, authorizing Vint Cerf, the organization’s President, to sign the agreement with EURid. ICANN and EURid negotiated for 6 months, finally coming to an agreement and finalizing the .eu address policies. [...] Continue reading
VeriSign, along with five other companies, are set to compete for the opportunity to manage the .net domain Registry. While VeriSign is the favorite, being the current Registry, the company will receive stiff competition as it tries to retain control. ICANN is expected to review the bids and announce the .net Registry in March. [...] Continue reading