ICANN Registry Proposal
As of 29th September 2000,
the following letters had been received, with others pledged:
Click on a company name to read support letter.
British Telecom (UK) -
www.bt.com
British Telecommunications (BT) wears the crown in the United Kingdom as the
UK's dominant phone company. BT provides local and long-distance phone service
(28 million access lines), as well as Internet access, leased lines, and other
data services. Its BT Cellnet unit has 8 million subscribers and is the UK's #2
mobile phone operator (behind Vodafone), and BT is expanding its mobile Internet
offerings. Telecom competition has been keeping the company busy: It's been
ordered to upgrade and open its UK networks. Meanwhile, BT is investing in
telecom companies overseas, and it has teamed up with AT&T in Concert, an
international telecom joint venture. BT plans to spin off its Yellow Pages
unit.
Carphone Warehouse Group (UK) -
www.carphonewarehouse.com
Carphone Warehouse is the largest retailer of mobile devices in Europe. With
operations in 17 countries, and over 1000 stores, the Carphone Warehouse
offers impartial advice on the combination of phone, network and tariff that
best meets a customer's needs. The company has sold over 4 million
handsets, and is Nokia's largest customer in Europe. The company is
growing rapidly and expanding into other areas as well, for example a
collaboration with AOL on a WAP portal.
Dallah Albaraka Holding Co. (Saudi Arabia) -
www.albaraka.com
Dallah Albaraka Group is world renowned as a pioneer of Islamic finance and
is one of the largest conglomerates based in Saudi Arabia where it was established
in 1969. All its economics activities comply with Islamic Sharia.
European Telecommunications Standards Institute (EU) -
www.etsi.org
ETSI (the European Telecommunications Standards Institute) is a non-profit making organization whose mission is to produce the telecommunications standards that will be used for decades to come throughout Europe and beyond.
Based in Sophia Antipolis - a high tech research park in southern France - ETSI unites 773 members from 52 countries inside and outside Europe, and represents administrations, network operators, manufacturers, service providers, research bodies and users.
Freeman Spogli & Co. (USA) -
www.freemanspogli.com
Freeman Spogli & Co. LLC is a privately-owned investment firm, dedicated
exclusively to investing and partnering with management in companies positioned for
growth. Established in 1983, the Firm has a professional staff of 15 individuals with
offices in Los Angeles and New York. Over the past 17 years, Freeman Spogli & Co.
LLC has invested approximately $1.7 billion in 32 portfolio companies with aggregate
transactions value in excess of $11 billion.
Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad (MRCB Berhard) -
www.nstp.com.my and www.tv3.com.my
Power and media conglomerate Malaysian Resources Corporation Bhd., or MRCB,
was initially known as a property developer. In early 1993, four directors
of New Straits Times Press (NSTP) acquired 48% of NSTP and 43% of Sistem
Televisyen Malaysia (TV3) and injected them into MRCB. Eventually, MRCB
evolved into a conglomerate investment company with core business interests
in power generation, media, infrastructure and property industries. It is
listed on the KLSE with a market capitalisation of over RM5 billion. Its
involvement in the power industry includes shares in Malakoff, Port Dickson
Power Sdn Bhd and Transmission Technology Sdn Bhd, to name a few. Its media
interests include NSTP and TV3. Investments in the property sector has been
numerous too with the most recent one being KL Sentral. Other involvements
include financial services, for example forming a JV with Croatian Niva Inc.
to establish a bank. The power and property sectors were the major
contributors of MRCB's turnover. In 1996, net income was RM521 million,
which is an 8 times increase from the previous year.
NTT Data Corporation (Japan) -
www.nttdata.com
One of Japan's leading information systems and computer networking companies,
NTT Data provides a broad range of services and products. These include data
center management and maintenance (54% of sales); systems development and
software integration (33% of sales); and other consulting and outsourcing
services involving large-scale communications systems. NTT Data also offers
Internet access, intranet development, network security, and e-commerce services.
Clients come from such industries as banking, health care, manufacturing,
transportation, and real estate. The Japanese government accounts for half of
sales. Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, the world's largest telecommunications
company, owns 54% of NTT Data.
SCP Private Equity Partners, L.P. (USA) -
www.scppartners.com
SCP Private Equity Partners, L.P. is a private equity investment fund which
makes post-venture stage investments in growth companies. The fund, which is
sponsored by Safeguard Scientifics Inc. (NYSE:SFE), has $265 million under
management and invests in a broad range of industries.
Spencer Trask & Co. (USA) -
www.spencertrask.com
Over a century ago, Mr. Spencer Trask sought out and financed the brightest
ideas of his day - including what is arguably the most important invention
of all time and what is the very symbol of a good idea, Thomas Edison's
electric light bulb.
Mr. Trask's policy was to reward the entrepreneurs who had great ideas (he,
in fact, was responsible for much of Mr. Edison's financial success) and
also rewarded the investors who joined him in backing business start-ups
such as the first electric power company, which became Consolidated Edison,
with Mr. Trask himself as its first chairman; and the predecessor to General
Electric.
Today, Spencer Trask & Co. continues this same high principled approach to
financing. The company seeks to identify and support tomorrow's heroes,
those visionaries whose innovations will brighten the world of tomorrow.
For instance, Spencer Trask is proud to have helped Nobel Prize Winner
Walter Gilbert find the breast cancer gene - one of the most significant
discoveries in the history of genetics. The firm also spearheaded the
initial financing of Ciena Corporation, possibly the most successful venture
investment of modern times. The Chairman is equally proud to have provided
the financial resources to enable polio pioneer Dr. Jonas Salk to develop
his breakthrough AIDS vaccine.
Telia (Sweden) -
www.telia.com
Telia is the leading telecommunications company in Sweden, one of the world's
most liberalized and competitive telecom markets. The company has also established
business operations throughout the Nordic/Baltic region and, together with local
partners, around the world.
University of Washington (USA) -
www.washington.edu
World Intellectual Property Organization -
www.wipo.org
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is an intergovernmental organization with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
It is one of the 16 specialized agencies of the United Nations system of organizations.
WIPO is responsible for the promotion of the protection of intellectual property throughout the world through cooperation among States, and for the administration of various multilateral treaties dealing with the legal and administrative aspects of intellectual property.
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