Editing Global Name Registry

'''Global Name Registry''', Limited was the operator of the [[.name]] [[top-level domain]] for individuals' names as delegated by [[ICANN]] on August 1, 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icann.org/tlds/agreements/name/|website=ICANN|title=.name Unsponsored Registry Agreement}}</ref><ref name=wsj>{{Cite news |last=Kantrow |first=Buster |date=2001-06-07 |title=Global Name Registry Hopes To Score Big With '.Name' |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB991855694886302396 |access-date=2023-11-30 |issn=0099-9660}}</ref> It was based in [[London]], in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref name=wsj/>

According to the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'', Global Name Registry planned to "transform the .name addresses into a multipurpose tool that can receive [[e-mail]] or serve as a virtual [[credit card]]".<ref name=wsj/> The Global Name Registry launched .name on January 15, 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Global Name Registry .org Proposal |url=https://archive.icann.org/en/tlds/org/applications/gnr/HTML/Sections_C1-C16.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513225546/https://archive.icann.org/en/tlds/org/applications/gnr/HTML/Sections_C1-C16.htm |archive-date=13 May 2022 |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=archive.icann.org}}</ref>

'''[[VeriSign, Inc.]]''', acquired Global Name Registry on October 1, 2008.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Arrington |first=Michael |date=2008-10-03 |title=Domain Name Consolidation: Verisign Acquires .Name Guys |language=en-US |url=https://techcrunch.com/2008/10/03/domain-name-consolidation-verisign-acquires-name-guys/ |access-date=2023-11-30}}</ref> ICANN approved the reassignment of the [[.name]] TLD to VeriSign on January 12, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/agreements/name/assignment-assumption-agreement-28feb09-en.pdf/|title=ICANN .name Assignment Agreement, 2009}}</ref>

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