About Icann

ICANN is the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.

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Headquartered in Marina Del Rey, California, ICANN is a California non-profit corporation that was created on September 18, 1998 in order to oversee a number of Internet-related tasks previously performed directly on behalf of the U.S. Government by other organizations, notably IANA.

The tasks of ICANN include managing the assignment of domain names and IP addresses. To date, much of its work has concerned the introduction of new generic top-level domains. The technical work of ICANN is referred to as the IANA function; the rest of ICANN is mostly concerned with defining policy.

On September 29, 2006, ICANN signed a new agreement with the United States Department of Commerce (DOC) that is a step forward toward the full management of the Internet's system of centrally coordinated identifiers through the multi-stakeholder model of consultation that ICANN represents.

Paul Twomey is the President/CEO of ICANN, since March 27 2003. As of November 3, 2007 Peter Dengate Thrush
replaced Vint Cerf as Chairman of the ICANN Board of Directors ."

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  2. Start Preparing for Domains like .love or .loveMumbai

    Information Madness (Jul 2 2008) Explore Article

    ...ages the technical underpinnings of the Web the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.ICANN wants to increase competition and choice, CEO Paul Twomey says. thousands of domains to protect t... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Google   Icann

  3. Domain Name Game To Change The Face Of Internet!

    WATBlog.com (Jun 30 2008) Explore Article

    ...ernet domain extensions are set to get more creative with even a .blog or a .money being allowed by ICANN. For all those who dont know Top-level domain names till date were restricted by the Internet Corpo... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Icann

  4. Internet’s Biggest Expansion in last 40 years to be Implemented

    IndianWeb2.com (Jun 29 2008) Explore Article

    Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has announced the rejuvenation work to be implemented till year 2009 and that would be taken as bi... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Icann

  5. Domain names in Hindi will have to wait

    Indian startups (Feb 17 2008) Explore Article

    ... a lot of places, especially blogs - domain names still need to be entered in English. A meeting of ICANN in India discussed this issue, but no decision [...] Domain names in Hindi will have to wait For In... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Icann

  6. Icann, India working on Domain Names in Regional Languages

    WATBlog.com (Feb 13 2008) Explore Article

    ...s this information is delivered in a format that’s compatible to them, it won’t serve its [...] ICANN, India working on Domain Names in Regional Languages Posted by Ankit Saxena on February 13th, 2008.... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Icann

  7. New Delhi Chosen as Site of ICANN’s 31st Public Meeting

    Internet in India (Oct 11 2007) Explore Article

    ... February 2008. “Growth of Internet activity in India is extraordinary so it’s fitting that the ICANN community is gathering there to discuss major Internet issues like internationalized domain names a... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Icann

  8. Indian Companies Line Up For Dot Asia Domain

    contentSutra.com (Oct 8 2007) Funding Explore Article

    ...r two years fee. In India, Net4, an Internet Service Provider for enterprises, along with two other ICANN registrars Directi, GoodLuckDomain will offer the .asia domains from October 9. In the first phase ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Kotak Mahindra   Reliance ADAG   ICICI Bank

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