A look back at some notable items from 2009:
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VeriSign reported that at the end of the third quarter of 2009, there were more than 187 million domain names worldwide, an annual increase of 8%.
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With the introduction of the fast track process for new IDN ccTLDs, the stage is set for the first top-level domain names using non-Latin characters.
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ICANN and the U.S. Government entered into a new Affirmation of Commitments to complete "the transition of the technical management of the DNS to a multi-stakeholder, private-sector-led model."
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Policy changes adopted by ICANN have all but eliminated domain tasting.
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Rod Beckstrom took over from Paul Twomey as President and CEO of ICANN.
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The .ORG domain became the first open gTLD to be signed with DNSSEC.
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Plans and funding were announced for BIND 10, the next generation of the popular open-source DNS software.
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The new .tel domain went live.
Timeline
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Fri, Jan 8: last day for comments on variants and 3-character IDN TLDs
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Thu, Jan 21: last day for comments on ICANN draft 2010-2013 strategic plan
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Tue, Jan 26: last day for comments on report on trademark protection in new gTLDs
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Wed, Jan 27: last day for comments on ICANN draft EOI model for new gTLDs
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Sun, Mar 7 - Fri, Mar 12: ICANN meetings in Nairobi, Kenya
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Fri, Apr 2: last day for applications to the ICANN Nominating Committee
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Sun, Jun 20 - Fri, Jun 25: ICANN meetings in Brussels, Belgium
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Thu, Jul 1: registry fee increases for .com/.net take effect
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