Governance

ICANN: Proposed Renewal of .BIZ gTLD Registry Agreement
June 4, 2013

Purpose (Brief): ICANN is posting today for public comment a proposed agreement for renewal of the Registry Agreement for .BIZ....


ICANN: Proposed Renewal of .INFO gTLD Registry Agreement
June 4, 2013

Purpose (Brief): ICANN is posting today for public comment a proposed agreement for renewal of the Registry Agreement for .INFO....


ISOC: One Year After World IPv6 Launch, Number of IPv6-Connected Internet Users Doubles
June 4, 2013

The number of IPv6-connected users has doubled since World IPv6 Launch began on June 6, 2012, when thousands of Internet...


ICANN Appoints Technology Policy Expert To Lead Asia Engagement Strategy
June 3, 2013

ICANN has announced Kuek Yu-Chuang, a leading executive in technology policy development, has been named Vice President for Global...


ICANN’s Approval of ACDR as UDRP Provider Leaves Standard Contracts Issue Unresolved by Philip Corwin
June 1, 2013

The Arab Center for Dispute Resolution (ACDR) has been approved as a UDRP provider by ICANN’s Board of Directors. However,...


ICANN: Bulk Transfer of Domain Names from C I Host, Central Registrar, Power Brand Center, and Dotted Ventures to Astutium Limited
June 1, 2013

ICANN has authorized the bulk transfer of gTLD domain names from three registrars: C I Host, Inc., Central Registrar, Inc....


ICANN Appoints First Two New gTLD Data Escrow Agents
June 1, 2013

Iron Mountain Intellectual Property Management, Inc. and NCC Group have been approved by ICANN to provide data escrow...


ICANN: NomCom Receives Largest Number of Applicants Since 2003
June 1, 2013

The 2013 Nominating Committee application period closed on Wednesday, 15 May 2013 at 23:59 UTC. At the deadline,...


ICANN: Security Studies on the Use of Non-Delegated TLDs, and Dotless Names
May 29, 2013

ICANN's mission and core values call to preserve and enhance the operational stability, reliability, security, and global...


ICANN: Pre-Delegation Testing: Beta Testing & Resources Update
May 25, 2013

ICANN has extended Beta Testing invites to over 200 applicants and published an updated set of resource documents...


ICANN: Applicant Responses to GAC Advice from the Beijing Communiqué are Available for Review
May 25, 2013

In the GAC Beijing Communiqué [PDF, 156 KB], the Governmental Advisory Committee issued advice to the ICANN Board of Directors...


ICANN Heads “Home” To LA For October 2014 Meeting
May 22, 2013

At the ICANN Board meeting held on 18 May, the Board agreed the October 2014 meeting will be held in Los Angeles. 10460


ICANN: NGPC Progress on GAC Advice
May 22, 2013

The ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) wishes to share with the ICANN community its progress in consideration...


ICANN: New gTLD Contracting Webinar
May 18, 2013

Join ICANN staff for a New gTLD Contracting Webinar. This webinar session is intended to focus on the Contracting process...


Africa DNS Forum to be held in South Africa in July
May 17, 2013

Forum will bring together registries, registrars, experts and policy makers to foster cross-border collaboration [news...