On 1 October 2016, 18 years after the creation of [[ICANN]], it's contract with the [[NTIA|United States Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration]] expired, marking the official transition of the oversight of the [[IANA|Internet Assigned Numbers Authority]] to the global multistakeholder community. Read some of the statements from some of the organizations that were so instrumental in this historical moment
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File:Dotweb.png|[[STRAAT Investments|NU DOT CO LLC]] paid $135 million for [[.web]] at ICANN auction.
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File:Icann56.png|'''[[ICANN 56]]''' [https://www.icann.org/news/blog/icann56-technical-report-now-available Technical Report] is now available.
File:ICANN_57_Logo.png|What you need to know about [https://www.icann.org/news/blog/icann57-hyderabad-what-you-need-to-know ICANN 57] in Hyderabad, India.
File:ICANNLogo.png|[[ICANN Fellow|ICANN Fellows]] for ICANN 57 were [https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-07-28-en announced].
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File:IETF logo 2.png|<center>[https://www.ietf.org/blog/2016/10/iana-stewardship-transition-goes-ahead/ IETF's Statement]</center>|link=https://www.ietf.org/blog/2016/10/iana-stewardship-transition-goes-ahead/