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ARTICLE · 08 JULY 2008

Sweeping Changes To The Internet On The Horizon

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The phenomenal success of the Internet has lead to increasing pressures upon the domain naming system, and even rumours that the Internet was in danger of running out of addresses.

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Article by Robert Hawley

The phenomenal success of the Internet has lead to increasing pressures upon the domain naming system, and even rumours that the Internet was in danger of running out of addresses.

ICANN major announcement – gates opened on Top Level Domains

On 26 June 2008 the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ('ICANN') – the body which manages the domain name system – concluded its 32nd, and arguably most momentous, International Public Meeting with a decision to approve proposals to relax its rules on what can be accredited as a Top Level Domain name ('TLD') and to allow for the registration of TLDs in non-Latin scripts.

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