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<FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>ICANN has commenced its 15-calendar day review period on a request from VeriSign to offer a Domain Name Exchange service in dot-NET. Information on the proposal can be found at <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/registries/rsep/#201004">http://www.icann.org/en/registries/rsep/#201004</a>. <BR>
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Although public comments can be submitted at any time on a registry services proposal to registryservice at icann.org, this is not notification of a formal comment period. Information on the Registry Services Evaluation Process can be found at <FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U><a href="http://www.icann.org/registries/rsep/">http://www.icann.org/registries/rsep/</a></U></FONT><U><FONT COLOR="#0000F6">.</FONT></U> <BR>
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Patrick L. Jones<BR>
Senior Manager, Continuity & Risk Management <BR>
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers<BR>
4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330<BR>
Marina del Rey, CA 90292<BR>
Tel: +1 310 301 3861<BR>
<FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U><a href="patrick.jones@icann.org">patrick.jones@icann.org</a><BR>
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