Agreement Nomenclator Internet

2001/05/22 Galarraga Aiestaran, Ana - Elhuyar Zientzia

• Internet

With this agreement, the government wants to ensure greater competition. Although the end of the address does not affect the way to surf the Internet, it affects the prices of domain names. In addition, domain names are the key to locating websites and using email.

Since 1992, Verising, and its first background (Network Solutiones), controlled the databases of nomenclatures. ... com , . net and . Having the suffixes org, it took 50% of the market.

Agreements between the Association of Names and Assigned Internet Numbers (Icann) and Verising to the latter. Authorizes control of the domain com until 2007. You earn $6 per name and, after that year, you can renew the agreement. Instead, . It has had to give control of the suffix org to a non-profit association, with 5 million dollars.

On the other hand, . The possibility of offering for the net domain will open in June 2005, that is, 6 months before schedule.

Thus, stricter rules have been established on domains and Verising must undergo annual audit. However, there are opinions contrary to Icann for leaving the main domain in the hands of a large association.