AGN Domain Name Service, Inc - ADNS - Adds "America" as a New Top Level Domain.

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CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 13, 2001

AGN Domain Name Service, Inc. (ADNS ADNS Animal Disease Notification System
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ADNS Asynchronous Dns - http://www.adns.net) has created a new top-level domain called .AMERICA and is now allowing customers to obtain domains with this suffix.

ADNS has owned and operated the top-level domains EARTH, USA and Z since 1995 in the Inclusive Namespace. These top level domains contain several thousand user domains.

Users can obtain domains ending in USA, Z, EARTH or AMERICA for only $14.95 per year by visiting the ADNS website (http://www.adns.net) and filling out the online registration form. Discounts of up to 12% are available for multiple year registrations.

The Inclusive Namespace operates independently of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers See ICANN.

(body, networking) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers - (ICANN) The non-profit corporation that was formed to assume responsibility for IP address allocation, protocol parameter assignment, domain name system management, and root server system (ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, www.icann.org) A non-profit, international association founded in 1998 and incorporated in the U.S. It is the successor to IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority), which manages Internet addresses, domain names and the huge number ). ICANN recently approved seven new top level domains for inclusion in the US Government controlled root server network however, The Inclusive Namespace has several thousand top-level domains to choose from.

John Palmer, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of ADNS is also an active participant in The Top Level Domain Association Inc. (http://www.tlda.org) The TLDA is a trade association of Internet Top Level Domain (TLD (Top Level Domain) The highest level domain category in the Internet domain naming system. There are two types: the generic top level domains (gTLDs) such as .com, .org, and .net, and the country codes, such as .ca, .uk and .jp. See gTLD and Internet domain name. ) holders.

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