DSTI/ICCP/TISP(2004)2/FINAL 

NOTES 

1  

See: http://www.nic.pro/policies/eligibility.php#defense.  

2

See, http://www.icann.org/registries/listing.html 

3

In Ireland, for example, the regulation of Ireland's domain name (

i.e.

) is to be transferred to the 

Commission for Communications Regulation (Comreg). 

4

AFNIC,  Liberalization of .fr and .re domain name registrations from 11th May 2004 , 7 January 2004 

http://www.afnic.fr/actu/nouvelles/nommage/CP20040120 

5

http://www.icann.org/general/ 

6

http://www.icann.org/general/agreements.htm

7

http://www.icann.org/general/amend6 jpamou 17sep03.htm

8

For background on the historical arrangements for .int refer to the materials from a joint ICANN ITU 

workshop at: http://www.itu.int/ITU T/worksem/int/index.html 

9

Detailed information on .org registry transfer can be found at ICANN Website. 

http://www.icann.org/tlds/org/ 

10

http://www.icann.org/tlds/agreements/verisign/com index.htm 

11

http://www.icann.org/tlds/agreements/verisign/registry agmt net 25may01.htm 

12

Refer for example, http://www.nic.aero/dotaeroinbrief.php 

13

See, http://www.icann.org/tlds/new stld rfp/new stld application parta 15dec03.htm and 

http://www.icann.org/presentations/pritz forum rome 04mar04.pdf 

14

See, http://www.icann.org/tlds/stld apps 19mar04/mobi.htm 

15

See, http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement 19mar04.htm 

16

Registrarstats is one company which follows the market share of Registrars for .com, .net, .org, .biz, .info 

and the ccTLD .us. In March 2004, their data indicated that Network Solutions was the overall market 

leader with a 20% market share under these TLDs.  The other leading players were Tucows with 10%, 

GoDaddy with 9.5%, Regisrar.com with 7.69%, eNom with 7.20% and INWW (Melbourne IT) with 5.58%.  

Refer to http://www.registrarstats.com 

17

See, https://www.verisign.com/corporate/news/2003/pr_20031125.html 

18

http://www.icann.org/melbourne/info verisign revisions.htm 

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