Verisign Statement Regarding .Web Auction Results
August 01 2016 - 6:00AM
Business Wire
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSN), a global leader in domain names
and internet security, today announced the following information
pertaining to the .web top-level domain (TLD):
The Company entered into an agreement with Nu Dot Co LLC wherein
the Company provided funds for Nu Dot Co’s bid for the .web TLD. We
are pleased that the Nu Dot Co bid was successful.
We anticipate that Nu Dot Co will execute the .web Registry
Agreement with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers (ICANN) and will then seek to assign the Registry Agreement
to Verisign upon consent from ICANN.
As the most experienced and reliable registry operator, Verisign
is well-positioned to widely distribute .web. Our expertise,
infrastructure, and partner relationships will enable us to quickly
grow .web and establish it as an additional option for registrants
worldwide in the growing TLD marketplace. Our track record of over
19 years of uninterrupted availability means that businesses and
individuals using .web as their online identity can be confident of
being reliably found online. And these users, along with our global
distribution partners, will benefit from the many new domain name
choices that .web will offer.
About VerisignVerisign, a global leader in domain names
and internet security, enables internet navigation for many of the
world’s most recognized domain names and provides protection for
websites and enterprises around the world. Verisign ensures the
security, stability and resiliency of key internet infrastructure
and services, including the .com and .net domains and two of the
internet’s root servers, as well as performs the root zone
maintainer functions for the core of the internet’s Domain Name
System (DNS). Verisign’s Security Services include
intelligence-driven Distributed Denial of Service Protection,
iDefense Security Intelligence and Managed DNS. To learn more
about what it means to be Powered by Verisign, please visit
Verisign.com.
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