Five companies on Wednesday officially announced their intent to compete for the .net domain registry, including current registry operator VeriSign. VeriSign faces stiff competition for the first time ...

The ISP industry is watching with interest the ongoing competition to operate the .net domain, which is a critical component of the Internet’s infrastructure. Five domain name registries submitted ...

VeriSign Inc. is planning to raise the wholesale cost of registering a “.com” or “.net” domain name in October to generate more money for infrastructure improvements, the company announced on Thursday ...