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Verisign Domain Name Industry Brief – Feb ’11

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Every quarter, Verisign reviews the state of the domain name industry and highlights important trends, growth opportunities and key performance indicators through in-depth research and analysis. This provides a holistic view of the domain industry and can help businesses make accurate forecasts.

Highlights of the Feb 2011 report include:

  • The fourth quarter of 2010 closed with a base of more than 205.3 million domain name registrations across all Top Level Domains (TLDs), an increase of 3.5 million domain names, or 1.7 percent over the third quarter

  • Registrations have grown by 12.1 million, or 6.3 percent over the past year

  • The .com and .net TLDs reached a combined total of approximately 105.2 million names

  • The base of Country Code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs) was 80.1 million domain names, a 1.1 percent increase quarter over quarter, and a 0.3 percent increase year over year

  • The order of the top TLDs in terms of zone size changed only slightly compared to the third quarter, as .org moved from fifth to fourth largest TLD, dropping .uk (united Kingdom) from fourth to fifth.

You can view the complete Brief here – http://verisigninc.com/assets/domain-name-report-feb-2011.pdf

ICANN Announcements

ICANN Posts 2007 Annual Report

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Annual Report highlights organization’s achievements and progress over past 12 months

MARINA DEL REY, Calif. : The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today released its second annual report, covering in detail the organization’s achievements and progress over the past 12 months.

“I am delighted to announce the release of our second annual report,” said Dr Paul Twomey, ICANN’s President and CEO. “As an organization we have made great progress this year, both in terms of policy work and in the quality of our operations. We have also made great efforts in relation to transparency and accountability”.

In addition to updates on the progress ICANN’s supporting organizations and advisory committees have made during 2007, the report also includes a section on the progress towards the completion of the Joint Project Agreement (JPA) with the United States Department of Commerce.

“The JPA is in the midst of its scheduled mid-term review, and the annual report highlights that ICANN has achieved the responsibilities outlined in the Agreement,” Dr Twomey said