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===.net Renewals===

===.net Renewals===

In other domain name negotiations with [[ICANN]], Verisign traded the [[.org]] [[TLD]] in return for continued rights over [[.com]]. In mid-2005, when Verisign's contract for operation of the [[.net]] TLD expired, Verisign and five other companies bid for it. Verisign was supported by renowned IT companies like Microsoft, [[IBM]], [[Sun Microsystems]], and [[MCI]]. On June 8, 2005, ICANN announced that Verisign had been approved to operate [[.net]] until 2011.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/dotnet-reassignment/dotnet-general.htm]</ref> These agreements have presumptive right of renewal clauses that encourage the registry operators to invest in critical Internet infrastructure. Verisign was subsequently approved to operate the .net registry through 2017.<ref>[http://www.internetnews.com/infra/icann-renews-verisigns-.net-contract.html ICANN Renews Verisign .net Contract, InternetNews.com]</ref>

In other domain name negotiations with [[ICANN]], Verisign traded the [[.org]] [[TLD]] in return for continued rights over [[.com]]. In mid-2005, when Verisign's contract for operation of the [[.net]] TLD expired, Verisign and five other companies bid for it. Verisign was supported by renowned IT companies like Microsoft, [[IBM]], [[Sun Microsystems]], and [[MCI]]. On June 8, 2005, ICANN announced that Verisign had been approved to operate [[.net]] until 2011.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/dotnet-reassignment/dotnet-general.htm General Information Regarding Designation of the Subsequent .net registry Operator], ICANN.org.</ref> These agreements have presumptive right of renewal clauses that encourage the registry operators to invest in critical Internet infrastructure. Verisign was subsequently approved to operate the .net registry through 2017.<ref>[http://www.internetnews.com/infra/icann-renews-verisigns-.net-contract.html ICANN Renews Verisign .net Contract], InternetNews.com. Published 5 July 2011.</ref>

==New gTLDs==

==New gTLDs==