ICANN TO ANNOUNCE FIRST FIVE COMPETITIVE DOMAIN NAME REGISTRARS

📅 April 19, 1999 -

What:

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN-www.icann.org)will announce the five companies that have been selected to participatein the initial testbed phase of the new competitive Shared Registry Systemfor the .com, .net, and .org domains. These five participants willbe the first to implement the new system for competition in the marketfor .com, .net, and .org domain name registration services. Currently,registration services in the .com, .net, and .org domains are providedby Network Solutions, Inc. under a contract with the United Statesgovernment.

In addition, ICANN will announce the names of other companies that have metthe criteria to serve as domain-name registrars in the post-testbed phase offull competition.

Who:

-Esther Dyson, ICANN Interim Chairman
-Mike Roberts, ICANN Interim President and Chief Executive Officer.
-Representatives of the five new registrars (names to be announcedat the press conference).

Where:

National Press Club
Holeman Lounge
529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor
Washington, D.C.

Cybercast at http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/icann/press/

When:

Wednesday, April 21
10:00-10:45am EDT

Background:

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is anew, non-profit, international corporation formed to oversee a select numberof the Internet's core technical management functions. Between now andSeptember 2000, ICANN is slated to gradually take over responsibility forcoordinating domain name system management, IP address space allocation,protocol parameter assignment coordination, and root server system management.

Contact:

Pamela Brewster
Alexander Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide
(415) 923-1660, ext. 167
pbrewster@alexanderogilvy.com

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