Rod Beckstrom
Vice Chairman, Global Agenda Council on the Future of the Internet at World Economic Forum
Internet Leader Defends Coming Changes in URLs
Following complaints from the Federal Trade Commission and others that registries of website owners were sometimes poorly maintained, making it difficult to shut down scams, ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom pledged that the top executives of all new registrars would undergo criminal background ... Read more »
'Web domains' expansion a huge problem'
Following complaints from the Federal Trade Commission and others that registries of website owners were sometimes poorly maintained, making it difficult to shut down scams, ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom pledged that the top executives of all new registrars would undergo criminal background ... Read more »
Internet address expansion set despite ".worries."
ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom said many adjustments have been made to address objections raised over the years. Although Jaffe said several other concerns were ignored, Beckstrom said he has heard nothing new in the recent critiques. "There are parties that would like to see other ... Read more »
Internet address expansion set despite ".worries."
ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom said many adjustments have been made to address objections raised over the years. Although Jaffe said several other concerns were ignored, Beckstrom said he has heard nothing new in the recent critiques. "There are parties that would like to see other ... Read more »
The Wired Q&A: ICANN President Rod Beckstrom on 'the Biggest Change in DNS Since Dot-Com�...
As part of the rollout ICANN president Rod Beckstrom spoke to Wired. What follows is an edited transcript of the interview. Wired: Give some context of the scale and scope of this initiative. Just how big a deal is this? Rod Beckstrom: This is the biggest change in the Domain Name ... Read more »
ICANN selects China as host of 2013 meeting
"It simply was a strong proposal," ICANN president and CEO Rod Beckstrom said during a press conference in Prague this morning. "A quarter of the Internet's users are in China...it simply makes a lot of sense. " The meeting will be ICANN's first in the Asia-Pacific region since Singapore ... Read more »
Internet Group: Quality Over Speed In New Domains : NPR
"We've very focused on the quality of what we do," ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom said. "We take this very seriously. That's why we're moving very methodologically and professionally. " In an interview with The Associated Press this week, Beckstrom added, "We apologize for the delay, but ... Read more »
Internet body says name expansion won't hurt United Nations
" "We're very sensitive to those concerns," ICANN president Rod Beckstrom told reporters, referring to the objections by international bodies. "We'll be responding to that letter. " Beckstrom said that if anyone applied for a top-level domain using a trademark or service mark ... Read more »
ICANN reveals gTLD expansion domain application list
"This is a historic day for the Internet and the more than 2 billion people who use it," ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom said during the webcast announcement in London. "The Internet will be changed forever. We're standing at the cusp of a new era in online innovation," he added. Those in the ... Read more »
CEO Beckstrom Urges Change to Ensure ICANN Independence
San Jose, Costa Rica (PRWEB) March 12, 2012 Rod Beckstrom, ICANN’s President and Chief Executive Officer, today said that preserving ICANN’s ability to act independently in the public interest is paramount to the future of the Internet and the organization. “This is an exciting time, a ... Read more »
Internet domain-name application process opens
Rod Beckstrom, chairman of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, says the change will open up the system to further innovation. Finding a domain name could be about to get dot-complicated. Starting today, the global body charged with coordinating the Internet's naming ... Read more »
Pay $185,000 and your website can be .whatever
Rod Beckstrom, CEO of ICANN in the companies offices on Thursday March 10, 2011 in Palo Alto, Calif. The California-based non-profit corporation coordinates the global Internet's addressing system (think .com, .net, .edu, etc. ) and they're on the verge of expanding the number of domain ... Read more »
Icann criticised over 'commercial landgrab' of internet
Amazon and Google dominate applications for new top-level domains, including .app, .shop, .book, .love, .amazon and .google Icann chief executive Rod Beckstrom unveils a number of new domain name suffixes in London. Photograph: Tim Hales/AP More than 1,000 new internet "top level ... Read more »
Businesses dominate bids for Internet suffixes
Photo: Eric Risberg / AP In this photo taken Friday, June 8, 2012 Alex Stamos CTO of Artemis... Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, ICANN, President and Chief Executive Rod Beckstrom speaks on expanding the number of domain name suffixes during a press conference... Read more »
.blog, .lol, .foo: Google, Amazon top list of global TLD applications
Pritz and ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom and ICANN Senior Vice President Kurt Pritz unveiled the list of applications at an event in London, streamed live off ICANN’s website. “The Internet is about to change forever,” Beckstrom said, claiming that the new gTLDs would create a “solid ... Read more »
LightSquared enlists high-profile legal talent ICANN reacts to NTIA decision in Costa Rica
Speaking at a press conference in San Jose, Costa Rica, on Monday, ICANN’s chief executive Rod Beckstrom said, “We’ll share information we’re allowed to share.” In the meantime, NTIA said it was extending ICANN’s current contract for six months. BEHIND THE CONTRACT REJECTION — Doug Wood... Read more »
Internet address expansion set despite 'dot-worries'
ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom said many adjustments have been made to address objections raised over the years. Although Jaffe said several other concerns were ignored, Beckstrom said he has heard nothing new in the recent critiques. "There are parties that would like to see other ... Read more »
ICANN names CEO, replaces domain-name expansion leader
The move was expected since last August when outgoing CEO Rod Beckstrom announced his eventual departure ( PDF ) from the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. But ICANN also announced the leader of a controversial change, the expansion of generic top-level domains ... Read more »
Google And Amazon Fighting For New Web Domains From ICANN
"We are standing at the cusp of a new era of online innovation," said Rod Beckstrom, President and Chief Executive Officer said according to Reuters. "That means new businesses, new marketing tools, new jobs, and new ways to link communities and share information. " Amazon applied for 76 ... Read more »
Amazon, Google lead rush for new Web real estate
"The plan we have delivered is solid and fair," ICANN Chief Executive Rod Beckstrom told journalists at a news conference in London. "It is our fundamental obligation to increase innovation and consumer choice. " Nations including China, Russia and Brazil are pushing for ICANN's ... Read more »
