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ICANN chooses Internet Society to run .org domain

Howard Lake | 14 October 2002 | News

A non-profit organisation has appropriately enough been selected to manage the .org registry, the top level domain used by non-profit organisations.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has chosen the Internet Society (ISOC) to operate the .org registry. ISOC’s Public Interest Registry (PIR) – will succeed VeriSign Global Registry Services as the operator after 31 December 2002. ISOC was one of 11 applicants for the role.

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