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Companies, Industry Groups Urge ICANN to Cancel or Postpone Plans to Add New gTLDs

  • Dec 15, 2008 1:32 PM PDT
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A controversial proposal to create hundreds of new generic top-level domains is generating harsh criticism as corporations and individuals question the need for additional competition in the domain name marketplace and expense for businesses.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) set Dec. 15 as the final day for comments on its plan to launch anywhere from 200 to 800 new domain name extensions starting next year.

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