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Email from Tina Dam to gTLD Registry Operators and Sponsors
18 July 2004
Date: July 18, 2004
From: Tina Dam
To: gTLD Registry Operators and Sponsors
Subject: registrar applications
Dear gTLD Registry Operators and Sponsors,
This is a quick note to make you aware that ICANN has received in the past month a large number of new applications for registrar accreditation (approximately 130). While this is a substantial increase in the number of applications ICANN ordinarily receives, almost all of these applications are from new companies that are sisters to or subsidiaries of already-accredited corporations.
On a related note, as you may have already noticed, ICANN is in the
preliminary consultation stages of commissioning an external Expert Advisory
Panel "to gather facts and assess issues affecting the competitive
registry-registrar marketplace and ICANN's Registrar Accreditation Policy."
Kind regards,
Tina Dam
ICANN
Chief Registry Liaison