News
2009/03/04
Public Comment - New gTLDs - Preliminary Reports on Competition and Pricing (awaiting )
Open: 4 March 09
Closed: 17 April 09
Explanation:ICANN retained Dennis Carlton, Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago and Senior Managing Director of Compass Lexecon, to perform two independent analyses:
- 1. Preliminary Report of Dennis Carlton Regarding Impact of New gTLDs on Consumer Welfare [PDF, 160K]
- 2. Preliminary Analysis of Dennis Carlton Regarding Price Caps for New gTLD Internet Registries [PDF, 56K]
The preliminary reports represent a third party independent analysis. A public comment period is now open to allow for further inputs from the community.
Both reports are currently available in English; other linguistic versions will follow shortly.