VeriSign to battle rivals for .net domain control, Cnet News.com, 19 Jan 2005

“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 in its efforts to retain its spot as operator of the registry--a position that controls more than 5 million .net domain names and 3 trillion annual page views.�

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