Three Major Parties in Domain Names Debate Approach Resolution - he Department of Commerce, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and Network Solutions Inc. (NSI) signed a series of agreements on registration and licensing procedures on September 28th. Under the agreements, NSI accepts ICANN's authority, and agrees to pay $1.2 million. NSI continues as registry of the .com domains, and agrees to make the Whois database publicly available. Under ICANN procedures, the agreements are now subject to a 30 day public comment period, with final consideration scheduled for the next ICANN board meeting on November 4, 1999. September 28, 1999

• ICANN Fact sheet on DoC/ICANN/NSI Agreements [off-site]
• The NSI/ICANN Registry Agreement [off-site]
• The Registrar Accreditation Agreement (between ICANN and registrars) September 28, 1999 [off-site]
• The Registrar License and Agreement (between NSI and registrars) September 28, 1999 [off-site]
• Amendment 19 to the DoC/NSI Cooperative Agreement [off-site]
• Amendments to the DoC/ICANN Memorandum of Understanding
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