ICANN已于今年4月批准了.com/.net域名管理机构VeriSign, Inc.关于域名价格上涨的申请,从10月14日开始,每个.com/.net域名的注册、续费、转入的价格将上涨约5元(人民币)。
以下是英文原文:
VeriSign Announces Increase in .Com/.Net Domain Name Fees MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – April 5, 2007 – VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), the leading provider of digital infrastructure for the networked world,
today announced, effective Oct. 15, 2007, an increase in registry domain name fees for .com and .net,
per its agreements with ICANN.
VeriSign announced that as of Oct. 15, 2007, the registry fee for .com domain names will increase from $6.00 to
$6.42 and that the registry fee for .net domain names will increase,
from $3.50 to $3.85. This will be the first registry fee increase for .com and
.net since the fee structure was put in place by ICANN in 1999.
Since 1999, the volume of Internet traffic and domain name system (DNS) queries on VeriSign’s global infrastructure has increased from an average of 1 billion queries per
day in the year 2000 to nearly 30 billion queries per day today.
Traffic volume continues to increase with the emergence of consumer-driven services, the surge in web-connected wireless devices and the proliferation of DNS-centric technologies and services.
In addition, the .com and
.net infrastructures are continually being fortified and scaled to defend against increasingly
sophisticated cyber attacks. Security exploits have grown by 700 percent since 2000 and
are projected to increase by 50 percent in 2007 and 2008.
To address the increase in both DNS volume and cyber attacks, VeriSign recently
announced a major initiative entitled Project Titan to expand the capacity of its
global Internet infrastructure by ten times by the year 2010. Under Project Titan,
over the next three years VeriSign will increase its daily DNS query capacity from
400 billion queries a day to over 4 trillion queries a day and will increase the aggregate
network bandwidth of its primary resolution centers around the world from over 20
gigabits per second (Gbps) to greater than 200 Gbps per second. VeriSign will also
expand its deployment of Regional Internet Resolution Sites to over 100 locations across the globe by 2010.
About VeriSign VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), operates digital infrastructure services that enable and
protect billions of interactions every day across the world’s voice and data networks. Additional news and information about the company is available at www.verisign.com.
Trademarks VeriSign, and other trademarks, service marks,
and logos are registered or unregistered trademarks of VeriSign and its subsidiaries in the U
nited States and in foreign countries. Copyright © 2007 VeriSign, Inc. All rights reserved.
For more information, contact: VeriSign Media Relations: Rufus Manning, rmanning@verisign.com, 703.948.4126 VeriSign Investor Relations: Ken Bond, kbond@verisign.com, 650.426.3744
Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause VeriSign’s actual results to differ materially from those stated or implied by such forward-looking statements. The potential risks and uncertainties include, among others, the uncertainty of future revenue and profitability and potential fluctuations in quarterly operating results due to such factors as the inability of VeriSign to successfully develop and market new products and services, and implement price increases, and customer acceptance of any new products, services, or price increases, including the price increases mentioned herein; the possibility that VeriSign’s announced new products, services and price increases may not result in additional customers, profits or revenues; and increased competition. More information about potential factors that could affect the company’s business and financial results is included in VeriSign’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including in the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. VeriSign undertakes no obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this press release.
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