ICANN formalises relationships

Recently the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers(ICANN for short) exchanged letters and signed agreements under its Accountability Framework program with seven top level registries for country-code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs). These included: .uk (United Kingdom) .lv (Latvia) .cx (Christmas Island) .nf (Norfolk Island) .na (Namibia) .cl (Chile) .de (Germany) More information can be obtained by going to ICANN's official website at www.icann.com. Nominet was the latest addition to the list, representing UK domain name registration. Nominet will join ICANN's country-code Names Supporting Organisation (ccNSO) being the largest national registry to do so since the inception of the ccNSO in 2003.