Archive for March 13, 2010

ICANN passes resolution to China’s IDN ccTLD applications

Posted on March 13, 2010, 3:39 pm, by IDN News, under ICANN, IDN Technology.

NAIROBI, Mar 13, 2010 (Xinhua via COMTEX) — The wrap-up meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) board passed a resolution to China’s IDN ccTLD applications, the Chinese delegation to the meeting has told Xinhua. According to this resolution, ICANN president and CEO has been assigned to draft an Implementation Plan [...]

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ICANN Head Visiting China After ‘dot-China’ Request

Posted on March 13, 2010, 3:00 pm, by IDN News, under IDN Industry.

The head of the global Internet addressing authority will visit China this week, according to people briefed on the matter, highlighting questions about China’s Web censorship after it applied to offer domain names that end with Chinese characters. Rod Beckstrom, CEO of the California-based Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), will visit China [...]

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