The US Government has awarded ICANN a new contract to manage the Internet, ending six months of uncertainty after it refused to renew the previous contract, instead opting to give ICANN only a six month extension. Under the contract, awarded by the US Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), ICANN will continue …

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today revealed who has applied for which generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) names in what is expected to become the largest expansion in the history of the Internet’s Domain Name System. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today revealed who has applied for which …

DotConnectAfrica an organization bidding for the DotAfrica gTLD has written an Open letter to the US congress, the letter posted on their website http://www.dotconnectafrica.org begins in Part: “We begin Senator by commending your enviable record of distinguished public service in the United States Congress spanning nearly three decades, and your esteemed leadership of the Senate …