NTIA
An agency of the United States Department of Commerce responsible for telecommunications and information policy. It signed a cooperative agreement with Verisign to oversee .com domain pricing.
Timeline (last 90 days)
Under the cooperative agreement between Verisign and the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), Verisign's status as the .com registry is exclusive.
Historically, the NTIA-Verisign cooperative agreement set a cap on .com wholesale price increases (such as no more than 7% per year).
After the 2018 revision, the .com wholesale price controls in the NTIA-Verisign cooperative agreement were removed, allowing Verisign to set prices freely according to market conditions (though still subject to indirect constraints from ICANN).
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Under the cooperative agreement between Verisign and the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), Verisign's status as the .com registry is exclusive.
50%UnverifiedHistorically, the NTIA-Verisign cooperative agreement set a cap on .com wholesale price increases (such as no more than 7% per year).
50%UnverifiedAfter the 2018 revision, the .com wholesale price controls in the NTIA-Verisign cooperative agreement were removed, allowing Verisign to set prices freely according to market conditions (though still subject to indirect constraints from ICANN).
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