Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 10:36:53 -0400
From: Kevin Taglang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Communications-related Headlines for 9/28/99
INTERNET & ONLINE SERVICES
Network Solutions To Give Rivals Access To Domain
Names Database (SJM)
NETWORK SOLUTIONS TO GIVE RIVALS ACCESS TO DOMAIN NAMES DATABASE
Issue: Internet
Network Solutions, the Internet address registrar, and the Commerce
Department have finally reached an agreement, which will be announced today
at the Commerce Department, to allow competitors long-term access to the
company's domain name database. After a year of negotiating, Network
Solutions has finally agreed to let competing firms register new Internet
addresses for a fee of $6 per year, well below the $35 per year Network
Solutions charges its customers. The company had been battling the Commerce
Department and Congress asserting ownership of the more than 5 million
domain names it registered before the onset of competition. Network
Solutions will continue to manage the database of already registered names
for at least four more years under the agreement. The company has also
agreed to be overseen by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers (ICANN), a California non-profit organization designated last year
by the Commerce Department to administer the domain name system.
[SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News, AUTHOR: Reuters]
(http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/merc/docs/001932.htm)
See Also:
UPDATE ON PROGRESS OF DOMAIN NAME DISCUSSIONS
Commerce Secretary William M. Daley will provide an update on discussions
among the Department of Commerce, Network Solutions and the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) regarding management of
the domain name system. September 28, 1999 11:30 am, U.S. Department of
Commerce Room 4830. For more info contact: Morrie Goodman 202/482-4883 or
Ranjit De Silva 202.482.4358.
[SOURCE: NTIA]
(http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/press/92799sec.htm)
