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Eleven vie for .org name
July 17, 2002
Applicants to take over .org include the Internet Society (ISOC), in partnership with Afilias, IBM, Ultra DNS and DSI Technology Escrow Services; the Register.com subsidiary Register Organization; and the Union of International Associations, which is affiliated with VeriSign.
ICANN, a nonprofit, private-sector corporation, was formed in 1998 with the mandate to introduce more competition into the market for domain names. That involved breaking Network Solutions' monopoly control over the three primary top-level domains: .com, .net and .org.
In March 2001, VeriSign agreed to relinquish .net and .org. ICANN subsequently issued a call for applications to take over .org as of Jan. 1, 2003.
Through the end of the year, VeriSign retains control of the .org registry, essentially giving it wholesale rights over .org addresses. Its rights to the .com registry are good through 2007.
Applicants to take over .org include the Internet Society (ISOC), in partnership with Afilias, IBM, Ultra DNS and DSI Technology Escrow Services; the Register.com subsidiary Register Organization; and the Union of International Associations, which is affiliated with VeriSign.
ICANN, a nonprofit, private-sector corporation, was formed in 1998 with the mandate to introduce more competition into the market for domain names. That involved breaking Network Solutions' monopoly control over the three primary top-level domains: .com, .net and .org.
In March 2001, VeriSign agreed to relinquish .net and .org. ICANN subsequently issued a call for applications to take over .org as of Jan. 1, 2003.
Through the end of the year, VeriSign retains control of the .org registry, essentially giving it wholesale rights over .org addresses. Its rights to the .com registry are good through 2007.
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