ICANN’s decision on Friday to allow domain names in non-Latin characters may have been a move to forestall fragmentation of the Internet. “Not introducing international domains would mean that alternate root servers will be set up around the world because the demand is so high,” Tina Dam, senior director for IDNs at ICANN, told TechNewsWorld. ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, is a nonprofit company that’s responsible for the global coordination of domain names and IP addresses.
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ICANN's 'Tower of Babel' Decision May Prevent Net Schism
Posted by: Richard Adhikari October 30, 2009 11:49 AMICANN’s decision on Friday to allow domain names in non-Latin characters may have been a move to forestall fragmentation of the Internet. “Not introducing international domains would mean that alternate root servers will be set up around the world because the demand is so high,” Tina Dam, senior director for IDNs at ICANN, told TechNewsWorld. ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, is a nonprofit company that’s responsible for the global coordination of domain names and IP addresses.