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Internet 'could be transformed'
Tuesday 24th June 2008, by Daniel King
Broadband users could soon see a drastic change to the way web addresses are organised, pending a vote on Thursday by net regulators.
If approved, the use of domain names ending in .com and .uk could be relaxed allowing new combinations for websites, reports the BBC, as well as allowing the long-awaited suffix .xxx.
Chief executive of Icann Dr Paul Twomey explained: "The impact of this will be different in different parts of the world. But it will allow groups, communities and business to express their identities online."
He likened the potential change to the process of releasing new land for claimants in 19th century America, explaining it will increase the "geography of the internet".
Icann, or the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, is a not-for-profit partnership established in 1998 to deal with operability of the internet.
Although it cannot deal with the content on the internet, Icann deals with issues such as the possible expansion of domain names which could interest broadband users considering investing in a website.
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