Five companies on Wednesday officially announced their intent to compete for the .net domain registry, including current registry operator VeriSign. VeriSign faces stiff competition for the first time ...

The total number of registered domain names passed 250 million in the last quarter of 2012, according to Verisign’s latest Domain Name Industry Brief. More than 6 million domain names were registered ...

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The number of domain name registrations ending in .Net crossed the 16 million mark for the first time today according to Verisign. According to Verisign the number of .Net domain names is 16,004,860.

VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) just published it quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief. announcing that more than 6 million domain names were added to the Internet in the fourth quarter of 2012, ...

The ISP industry is watching with interest the ongoing competition to operate the .net domain, which is a critical component of the Internet’s infrastructure. Five domain name registries submitted ...

VeriSign is planning to raise the wholesale cost of registering a .com or .net domain name in October to generate more money for infrastructure improvements, the company announced on Thursday. The ...

VeriSign Inc. is planning to raise the wholesale cost of registering a “.com” or “.net” domain name in October to generate more money for infrastructure improvements, the company announced on Thursday ...

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