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VeriSign renews .com registry agreement with ICANN; no price change on domain names
VERISIGN INC/CA
- No change to the price VeriSign charges for .com domain names under the renewed agreement.
- Agreement effective Dec 1, 2024, amends and restates prior agreement dated Dec 1, 2012.
- New provisions include CPI-based fee increases VeriSign pays to ICANN, DNS abuse mitigation, and RDAP service levels.
- New commitments for security incident reporting and business continuity discussions for .com TLD.
- Also entered second amendment to LOI addressing Internationalized Domain Names and LOI renewal before Dec 31, 2025.