ICANN delays plans for generic top-level domains

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has delayed its plans to sell new generic top-level domains in an effort to respond to public comments about the controversial proposal. ICANN yesterday released a 154-page document detailing and analyzing the hundreds of comments it has received about its generic top-level domain plan. In response to several concerns brought up by the public and companies in the Internet industry, ICANN's projected timeline for taking applications for new gTLDs has slipped from September to December.

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