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WASHINGTON, June 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Earlier today, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) voted to approve the new gTLD program at its public meeting in Singapore. Over the past three years, the Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) has worked within the multistakeholder structure of ICANN, helping to shape the policies of this program in a way that represent the best interests of brand owners, the consumers they serve, and the Internet...

ICANN voted on Monday to allow the creation of new website domain suffixes ending in everything from corporate names to company brands, and entertainment to political causes, as the system gets its biggest overhaul since it began 26 years ago. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) plans to significantly increase the number of domain endings from the current 22 (plus an additional 290 country domain endings). It will begin accepting applications next year, with...

WASHINGTON, June 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) supports the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) Further Notice of Inquiry concerning the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions. CADNA also appreciates NTIA's careful review and consideration of the comments provided in response to the previous Notice of Inquiry. Its continued engagement with the Internet community through this current FNOI...

INTERPOL to Send Delegation to ICANN Singapore Meeting Lyon, France (PRWEB) May 23, 2011 A landmark visit today to INTERPOL's General Secretariat headquarters by top officials from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has provided both international bodies with an opportunity to explore avenues for closer collaboration on Internet security. With cyber-security, financial & high tech crime high on the agenda, talks between ICANN President and CEO Rod...

Australian broadband internet consumers are over-spending on their connections by $141 million, research from the iSelect Broadband Report reveals. (PRWEB) May 22, 2011 Research released today reveals Australia is in the midst of an internet explosion, yet broadband consumers are over-spending on their connections by $141 million through a lack of understanding of what they really need. Over 7.5 million Australian households subscribe to broadband internet, a jump of almost a million in...

According to a report released by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Friday, the U.S. is lagging behind other countries in broadband adoption and download speeds. The FCC said the U.S. is ranked ninth out of 29 countries for mobile broadband adoption on a per capita basis, and 12th out of 33 countries for percentage of households with fixed broadband connections. The U.K., South Korea and Iceland were among some of the countries ahead of the U.S. in broadband adoption rate. The...

Businesses with broadband bring in $200K more in median annual revenues, but 2.1 million U.S. businesses remain unconnected Washington, DC (PRWEB) May 11, 2011 A new study by Connected Nation shows businesses with broadband have a clear advantage in revenue and thus potential job creation over businesses without it. The groundbreaking research, which can be found at http://www.connectednation.org/research, involved surveys of more than 9,600 businesses across a dozen states and...

WASHINGTON, May 4, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ - Republican and Democrat members of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet came together on Wednesday, May 4, 2011, to ask critical questions of ICANN during the "ICANN Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) Oversight Hearing." Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Ranking Member Rep. Mel Watt (D-NC), and House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) especially...

WASHINGTON, April 26, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) strongly supports Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet, in his decision to convene an oversight hearing on ICANN and generic top-level domains (gTLDs). CADNA wholeheartedly endorses Chairman Goodlatte's decision to review ICANN governance and policy development in relation to the...

.JOBS Charter Compliance Coalition Calls on ICANN to Live Up to its Contractual Compliance Commitments as ICANN's Launch of New gTLD Initiative Draws Nearer HUNT VALLEY, Md. and STAMFORD, Conn., April 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The .JOBS Charter Compliance Coalition (the "Coalition") strongly disapproves of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' ("ICANN") decision to further delay enforcement of its strongly worded breach notice to Employ Media regarding its...