Verisign, ICANN face antitrust claims in US over domain registrations
( September 4, 2026, 18:56 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Verisign and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers have been accused in a private US complaint of maintaining an illegal monopoly over the registration of .com domains. According to the complaint, Verisign acquired control of the .com registry by purchasing Network Solutions and then suppressed competition by waging a “systematic assault on ICANN’s capacity to exercise its oversight role” through a multi-year campaign beginning shortly after the acquisition and to which ICANN eventually gave in.See attached file. ...
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