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 | 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 |