<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PostalCode"><O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="Street"><O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="address"><O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"><O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"><O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"><DIV class="Section1"><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><A href="http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-11may07.htm"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-11may07.htm</SPAN></A><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; ">.</SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="title"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; ">ICANN Opens Comment Period on Telnic Proposal</SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="docdate"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; ">11 May 2007</SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; ">On 27 April 2007, ICANN posted for public information a proposal from Telnic Ltd., the sponsor of the .TEL top-level domain, to amend the .TEL Registry Agreement. Specifically, Telnic is seeking to alter the public display of Whois for TEL customers pursuant to Appendix S, Section VII of the .TEL Registry Agreement (</SPAN><A href="http://www.icann.org/tlds/agreements/tel/appendix-s-07apr06.htm#Part7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">http://www.icann.org/tlds/agreements/tel/appendix-s-07apr06.htm#Part7</SPAN></A><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; ">). (Telnic intends to launch registry operations in late 2007/early 2008.)</SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; ">Telnic’s request states that they have been in communication with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office concerning Telnic’s current contractual obligations on Whois. However, there is no pending enforcement action against Telnic, therefore this is not a situation that would trigger the Draft ICANN Procedure for Handling Whois Conflicts with Privacy Law (</SPAN><A href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/whois_national_laws_procedure.htm"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/whois_national_laws_procedure.htm</SPAN></A><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; ">). In addition, this change is being proposed while discussion continues within the GNSO Policy Development Process on Whois. Telnic (and all gTLD registries) will be required to comply with new Whois consensus policy when approved by the Board.</SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="fon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