Despite the misgivings of smaller domain-name registrars that stand to lose revenue and control over domain names that expire, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is considering approving a controversial service by VeriSign. At its meetings to be held in Rome, Italy, next week, ICANN’s board of directors is scheduled to take up the topic of the wait-listing service (WLS), a proposal from VeriSign that prompted competing registrars Dotster, eNom and GoDaddy to sue. The case was dismissed late last year.
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VeriSign Likely To Earn ICANN Approval for Wait-Listing Domains
Posted by: Jay Lyman February 25, 2004 02:29 PMDespite the misgivings of smaller domain-name registrars that stand to lose revenue and control over domain names that expire, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is considering approving a controversial service by VeriSign. At its meetings to be held in Rome, Italy, next week, ICANN’s board of directors is scheduled to take up the topic of the wait-listing service (WLS), a proposal from VeriSign that prompted competing registrars Dotster, eNom and GoDaddy to sue. The case was dismissed late last year.