Region: International

ICANN's At-Large Study Committee has recommended that the organization significantly alter the role of its at-large membership. The proposed changes would affect the requirements to be met for at-large membership and the advisory powers of the at-large constituency.

17 October 2001

Afilias opened the '.info' domain up for real-time registration on October 1 and promptly ran into major technical problems. As a result, registrants may not be able to secure desired names as quickly and easily as the registry operator had promised.

15 October 2001

ICANN has completed final negotiations with the Global Name Registry to implement the '.name' domain. This new top-level name has the potential to become the global standard for individual identity on the Internet and is expected to have important implications for corporations when fighting cybersquatters.

11 September 2001

The start-up company New.net has revealed that it intends to offer 20new top-level domains on a first come, first served basis including '.law'.

05 June 2001