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• Critics stage last-ditch effort to derail domain name expansion plan

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 20 December, 2011 10:44

  Debate around a controversial plan to add hundreds of new domain name extensions to the Internet infrastructure has reached a fever pitch in the nation's capital, as critics engage in a last-ditch effort to scrap or delay the plan, which is scheduled to launch Jan. 12.

• US lawmakers question ICANN gTLD plan

  By Grant Gross | 24 September, 2009 06:44

  Several U.S. lawmakers urged the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to back off on a plan to offer an unlimited number of new generic top-level domains until concerns about trademark protections and other issues can be addressed.

• Critics to ICANN: Top-level domain sale dangerous, costly

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 16 December, 2008 08:37

  A controversial proposal to create hundreds of new generic top-level domains is generating harsh criticism as corporations and individuals question the need for additional competition in the domain name marketplace and expense for businesses.

• Registrations open for .tel domain

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 04 December, 2008 08:06

  The first round of registrations for the new TLD (top-level domain) .tel opened Wednesday.

• Australia to host ICANN 09

  By Darren Pauli | 20 November, 2008 10:39

  Sydney will host a conference of more than 1700 telecommunications experts next year to discuss the future of the Web, following lobbying of the Internet regulator by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and the NSW Premier.

• TLD change could see Aussie businesses splash US$500k on Net egos

  By Darren Pauli | 28 October, 2008 14:56

  Proposed changes by ICANN to the domain name system could see Australian firms paying anywhere between US$185,000 to US$500,000 for the prestige of owning their own Top Level Domain (TLD).