Dave Zan
03-10-2005, 03:40 PM
http://news.webhosting.info/t-4740/
ICANN to Shortly Announce .NET Operator
The search for a new .net operator, which began with Request for Proposals on 10 December 2004, will soon reach its final stages on 28th March 2005, when Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will release the evaluators' final report and rankings of the five applicants - Aflilias, CORE++, DENIC, Sentan, and VeriSign.
Once the report is published on 28th March, the Internet community will be invited to review the report and submit comments. ICANN will promptly enter negotiations with the top-ranked applicant to reach a mutually acceptable registry agreement.
On 7 February 2005, ICANN announced that Telcordia Technologies, Inc. had been retained to conduct the independent evaluation of the applications. Telcordia has been advised in its work by an international team of DNS experts assembled by ICANN. In association with the announcement of Telcordia, ICANN also posted an "Advisory Regarding Neutrality of Independent Evaluators", which has also been reviewed with each of the applicants.
Telcordia has been conducting scoring and evaluation activities since its appointment, and has now completed its preliminary written report noting substantive comments and questions on each applicant. Telcordia is also conducting site visits at each of the applicants’ facilities. As provided in the RFP process, the preliminary written report on each applicant will be provided to that applicant only (as soon as the site visits are concluded), and each applicant will be allowed to respond to the report in writing.
Just for fun, are the mods interested in putting up a "who will
manage the .net registry?" guessing contest? :)
It won't be long now! Stay tuned!
Better yet, start placing your bets! :D
ICANN to Shortly Announce .NET Operator
The search for a new .net operator, which began with Request for Proposals on 10 December 2004, will soon reach its final stages on 28th March 2005, when Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will release the evaluators' final report and rankings of the five applicants - Aflilias, CORE++, DENIC, Sentan, and VeriSign.
Once the report is published on 28th March, the Internet community will be invited to review the report and submit comments. ICANN will promptly enter negotiations with the top-ranked applicant to reach a mutually acceptable registry agreement.
On 7 February 2005, ICANN announced that Telcordia Technologies, Inc. had been retained to conduct the independent evaluation of the applications. Telcordia has been advised in its work by an international team of DNS experts assembled by ICANN. In association with the announcement of Telcordia, ICANN also posted an "Advisory Regarding Neutrality of Independent Evaluators", which has also been reviewed with each of the applicants.
Telcordia has been conducting scoring and evaluation activities since its appointment, and has now completed its preliminary written report noting substantive comments and questions on each applicant. Telcordia is also conducting site visits at each of the applicants’ facilities. As provided in the RFP process, the preliminary written report on each applicant will be provided to that applicant only (as soon as the site visits are concluded), and each applicant will be allowed to respond to the report in writing.
Just for fun, are the mods interested in putting up a "who will
manage the .net registry?" guessing contest? :)
It won't be long now! Stay tuned!
Better yet, start placing your bets! :D