>From: "Garrett, Sean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >THE INTERNET CORPORATION FOR ASSIGNED NAMES AND NUMBERS > > >ICANN TO ANNOUNCE FIRST FIVE COMPETITIVE DOMAIN NAME REGISTRARS > >What: > >The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN- >www.icann.org) will announce the five companies that have been selected >to participate in the initial testbed phase of the new competitive >Shared Registry System for the .com, .net, and .org domains. These five >participants will be the first to implement the new system for >competition in the market for .com, .net, and .org domain name >registration services. Currently, registration services in the .com, >.net, and .org domains are provided by Network Solutions, Inc. under a >contract with the United States government. > >Who: > >-Esther Dyson, ICANN Interim Chairman >-Mike Roberts, ICANN Interim President and Chief Executive Officer. >-Representatives of the five new registrars (names to be announced at >the press conference). > >Where: > >National Press Club >Holeman Lounge >529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor >Washington, D.C. >**Remote media will be able to listen in. The call-in number is >888-232-3866 (code: 798720).** > > >When: > >Wednesday, April 21 >10:00-10:45am EST > >Background: > >The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is a >new, non-profit, international corporation formed to oversee a select >number of the Internet's core technical management functions. Between >now and September 2000, ICANN is slated to gradually take over >responsibility for coordinating 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 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ># # # ******************************************************************** The COOK Report on Internet | New handbook just published:IP Insur- 431 Greenway Ave, Ewing, NJ 08618 USA| gency & Transformation of Telecomm.See (609) 882-2572 (phone & fax) | http://cookreport.com/insurgency.html [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Index to 7 years of COOK Report, how to subscribe, exec summaries, special reports, gloss at http://www.cookreport.com ********************************************************************
