Hearing gets feisty: threats of jail time, questions about China and more. Ted Cruz is on a mission to halt the U.S. government from relinquishing contracts with ICANN related to IANA functions. That transition is due to take place at the end of this ... Continue Reading29 Comments
Larry Strickling speech to American Enterprise Institute
· Policy & LawSpeech lays out what's ahead and why some people are overreacting. Lawrence Strickling, Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), gave a speech to American Enterprise Institute yesterday about the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
NTIA: U.S. won’t abandon its role in the internet until it’s satisfied with the alternative
· Policy & LawStrickling makes it clear that IANA contract won't be transitioned until it is happy with the alternative. Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information Lawrence E. Strickling penned a blog post today to try to clarify some of the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Tucows Handicaps the Chances of New TLDs Kicking Off In Singapore
· UncategorizedWill the new TLD application process finally get approved next month? For a while it looked assured that the new top level domain name applicant guidebook would get the green light at ICANN's meeting in Singapore this June. But then Lawrence ... Continue Reading3 Comments