IT Ministry Ties Up With ICANN For More .in Internet Addresses

September 2004

US-based Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has decided to collaborate with the ministry of communications and information technology to expand country code Top-Level Domain (ccTLD) or .in Internet Protocol (IP) address space allocation in the country. A joint declaration is expected to be signed between the two bodies soon.

President and CEO of ICANN Dr Paul Twomey, on his first ever visit to India recently, met with minister of communications and information technology Dayanidhi Maran and senior officials of the department of information technology (DIT). “The minister’s 10 point agenda is directed, among other things, towards the proliferation of Internet in India. Discussions with the minister and senior government officials reflected a striking similarity in analysis about how the issues such as Internet governance are considered,” Dr Twomey told eFE.