Historical Resolution Tracking Feature » 2005-06-28 - Proposed sTLD Agreement for .MOBI

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2005-06-28 - Proposed sTLD Agreement for .MOBI

Resolution of the ICANN Board

Topic:

Proposed sTLD Agreement for .MOBI

Summary:

Board approves proposed agreement with DotMobi, Ltd. concerning .MOBI sTLD.

Category:

gTLDs

Meeting Date:

Tue, 28 Jun 2005

Resolution Number:

05.43

URL for Resolution:

http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-28jun05.htm

Status:

Complete

Implementation Actions:

None
- Responsible entity: None
- Due date: None provided
- Completion date: None

Resolution Text:

Whereas, on 13 December 2004, the board authorized the President and General Counsel to enter into negotiations relating to proposed commercial and technical terms for the .MOBI sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) with the applicant, DotMobi, Ltd.

Whereas, on 3 June 2005, ICANN announced that negotiations with the applicant for the .MOBI sponsored top-level domain had been successfully completed, and posted the proposed .MOBI sponsored TLD registry agreement on the ICANN website.

Whereas, in response to the Board resolution on 13 December 2004, the applicant has provided satisfactory details as to the proposed community of content providers for mobile phones users, and confirmation that the applicant's approach will not conflict with the current telephone numbering systems.

Whereas, the Board has determined that approval of the agreement, and delegation of a .MOBI sponsored top-level domain to DotMobi, Ltd. would be beneficial for ICANN and the Internet community.

Resolved [05.43], the proposed agreement with DotMobi, Ltd. concerning the .MOBI sTLD is approved, and the President is authorized to take such actions as appropriate to implement the agreement.

Other Related Resolutions:

Resolution 01.74 - Board directs President to form and chair New TLD Evaluation Process Planning Task Force (NTEPPTF): http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-04jun01.htm
Resolution 02.97, 02.97A - Board accepts NTEPPTF report and directs President to produce plan for action for approval by Board at October 2002 meeting in Shanghai, China: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-23aug02.htm
Resolutions 02.150, 02.151, and 02.152: Board authorizes President to implement NTEPPTF recommendations in Action Plan, requests GNSO to provide recommendation on structure of generic tol level namespace, and directs President to develop draft Request for Proposals: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-15dec02.htm#AnnualMeetingoftheTransitionBoard
Resolution 03.112 and 03.113 - Board invites public comment on draft request for proposals for sTLDs; requests President to provide to Board detailed plan and schedule for development of appropriate long-term policy for introduction of new gTLDs: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-26jun03.htm
Resolutions 03.166, 03.167, and 03.168 - Board calls for the development of process and policy for streamlining introduction of new gTLDs as specified in ICANNs MoU with the U.S. Department of Commerce: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/advisory-31oct03.htm
Resolutions 03.169, 03.170, and 03.171 - Board resolves to negotiate agreement reflecting commercial and technical terms upon completion of sTLD selection, resolves that selection process and implementation for sTLDs will be evaluated, and directs President to finalize and post open Request for Proposals for limited number of new sTLDs: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/advisory-31oct03.htm
Resolution 04.__ authorizing President and General Counsel to enter into negotiations relating to proposed commercial and technical terms of .MOBI sTLD with applicant (Meeting Minutes 13 December 2004), available at: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-13dec04.htm.
Resolution 07.14 authorizing President and General Counsel to enter into amendment of .MOBI Registry Agreement to accept proposed change in fee structure (Meeting Minutes 13 March 2007), available at: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-13mar07.htm.
Other resolutions TBD.

Additional Information:

.MOBI TLD Sponsorship Agreement, available at: http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/agreements/mobi/.
Proposed .MOBI Sponsored TLD Registry Agreement posted 03 June 2005, available at: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-03jun05.htm.
For information on the introduction of sTLDs in 2003 - 2004, please refer to:http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/stld-apps-19mar04/
mTo review public comments submitted on the 2003 round, refer to: http://forum.icann.org/mtg-cmts/stld-rfp-comments/general/index.html
To review the Status Reports on the 2003 round, refer to: http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/stld-apps-19mar04/PostsTLDStatusRpt.pdf
15 December 2003 - New sTLD Application: http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/new-stld-rfp/new-stld-application-parta-15dec03.htm
24 June 2003 - Request for Proposals, Establishment of new sTLDs (Draft for Public Comment): http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/new-stld-rfp/new-stld-rfp-24jun03.htm
19 March 2004 - Status Report on sTLD Evaluation Process: http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/stld-apps-19mar04/stld-status-report.pdf
Some analysis of the sTLD program is available in Staff's 24 September 2004 report on a strategy for introducing New gTLDs, at http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/new-gtld-strategy.pdf, and additional information can be found in the documentation of the New gTLD program, at http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/related-en.htm.
The resolution does not address funding for the items identified therein.