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Press Releases - last update April 7, 1998

Press Releases

April 7, 1998: Press Release: CORE says Corporations, Governments, Agencies, Individuals From All Over The World Find Major Flaws In U.S. Green Paper
March 23, 1998: CORE has released a matrix that displays the Key Differences in Domain Name Administration.
March 23, 1998: Press Release: CORE Submits Response to U.S. Government Green Paper: Plan For Domain Name Regulation Recommends Ten Steps for Ending the Monopoly on March 31, 1998, Immediate Transition to New Era of Competition.
January 30, 1998: Press Release: Internet Council of Registrars Says Draft Green Paper Provides Basic Steps in the Right Direction, but Perpetuates Current Monopoly, Delays Transition to Self Governance
January 26, 1998: Press Release: Four Major Internet Organizations Support Adding Seven New Domains, Expanding Registration System, Indemnifying IANA
January 15, 1998: Press Release: Council of Registrars (CORE) Plans Worldwide Launch of New Internet Domain Names in March; Sets Schedule for Acceptance Testing

December 1, 1997: The Department of Economic Affairs of the State of Geneva has issued a press release (in French) on the selection of Geneva by CORE for the location of its permanent secretariat.

November 4, 1997: [Press Release] Emergent Announces the Signing of Contract with Internet Council of Registrars (CORE). Emergent Corporation, a leading professional services firm in the area of scalable application design and development, today announced that it has signed a contract with the Internet Council of Registrars (CORE) to build and operate the new Internet Domain Name Shared Registry System (SRS). More details about the project from Emergent are available.

October 24, 1997: CORE Announces Signing Letter of Intent with Emergent Corporation for the development and operation of the Shared Registry System (SRS). The SRS is the neutral, shared database repository that co-ordinates registrations from CORE registrars and causes names to enter the global Internet Domain Name System (DNS).
October 6, 1997: WIPO Member States approve that preparations are being undertaken for Internet Domain Name dispute resolution activities

September 11, 1997: Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD-MOU) Technical Meeting in New York City, September 4/5, 1997

May 12, 1997: Structure Defined for Self-governance of Internet Domain Name Space; Maher Named to Chair Interim Group
May 6, 1997: Lottery to Be Dropped from Registrar Selection Process

April 8, 1997: Internet Naming Plan Signed: Additional Endorsements Scheduled For Geneva Meeting At The End Of April

February 4, 1997: Seven New Top Level Domain Names Are Added For Internet Addresses And Up To 28 New Registrars Planned

December 19, 1996: IAHC Makes Its Preliminary Conclusions On Internet Top Level Domains Available for Public Comment

November 12, 1996: New International Committee Named to Resolve Domain Name Issues

October 22, 1996: Blue Ribbon International Panel to Examine Enhancements to Internet Domain Name System

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