On April 21, 1999, [[ICANN]] announced Register.com was one of the first five testbed registrars for the competitive [[SRS|Shared Registry System]]. On June 7th, the company began operations under this name as a paid registrar in the [[.com]], [[.net]], and [[.org]] domains, along with [[AOL]], [[CORE]], [[France Telecom]]/[[Oléane]] and [[MelbourneIT]].<ref>[http://www.wallonie-isoc.org/Internet_Documents-en-francais/Hobbes_Internet-Timeline_trad.htm Robert H'obbes' Internet Timeline ]</ref> | On April 21, 1999, [[ICANN]] announced Register.com was one of the first five testbed registrars for the competitive [[SRS|Shared Registry System]]. On June 7th, the company began operations under this name as a paid registrar in the [[.com]], [[.net]], and [[.org]] domains, along with [[AOL]], [[CORE]], [[France Telecom]]/[[Oléane]] and [[MelbourneIT]].<ref>[http://www.wallonie-isoc.org/Internet_Documents-en-francais/Hobbes_Internet-Timeline_trad.htm Robert H'obbes' Internet Timeline ]</ref> |