Is ICANNs New Generation of Internet Domain Name Selection Process Thwarting Competition?
Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet February 8, 2001 12:00 Noon 2123 Rayburn House Office Building Ms. Elana Broitman Director, Policy and Public Affairs register.com 575 Eighth Avenue, 11th Floor New York, New York, 10018 Introduction Mr. Chairman, Members of the Committee, Thank you for inviting me to appear before you today. I commend the Committee for holding this hearing. Your role is important to continuing the stability and innovative growth of the Internet. I am here representing register.com, an equity partner in RegistryPro. RegistryPro, as you know, is one of the new registries that was selected by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to operate a new global Top Level Domain (TLD)(1). RegistryPro is a new company formed by register.com, one of the leading registrars on the Internet today, and Virtual Internet Ltd, a top European registrar. I am here to provide the perspective of a company that was awarded a new TLD, .pro. Building o
