Internet Computer Bureau
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| Type: | Private |
| Industry: | Internet |
| Headquarters: | Christchurch, BH23 1XW |
| Country: | UK |
| Website: | www.icb.co.uk |
| Key People | |
| Paul Kane, Chairman and Managing Director | |
Internet Computer Bureau (ICB) is a company based in United Kingdom which operates several country code top-level (ccTLD]] domain registries such as nic.ac, NIC.io, NIC.sh and NIC.tm. The company also operates inone.net, an integrated office systems and all-in-one server capable of bringing a powerful and flexible IT solutions and the uwhois.com, a one-sto global domain listing. [1] Paul Kane is the Chairman and Managing Director of ICB and maintains tow other international offices in Japan and USA.[2]
Other Services[edit | edit source]
Aside from being a registry operator, ICB also provides software, routing and satellite services to Domain Name Registries, Government telecommunication agencies and telecommunication companies worldwide. The company's data centers are located in Amsterdam, London, Melbourne, New York, San Francisco and Tokyo.
ICB and ICANN[edit | edit source]
The Internet Computer Bureau through its Chairman and Managing Director Paul Kane is an active participant to the different activities and meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.Kane was appointed as interim Representative to the Registries Constituency in 1999. Subsequently in 2000, he was elected as representative to the Registrar Constituency of the DNSO Names and Council. He also served as chairman of the Intake Committee, chairman of the WHOIS Committee and member of International Domain Names Task Force.[3] Kane was also chosen as one of the Trusted Community Representatives of the DNSSEC Root Zone.[4]