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'''RAA''' is the abbreviation for '''Registrar Accreditation Agreement'''. It was announced by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ([[ICANN]]) tentatively with the United States Department of Commerce ([[DOC]]) and Network Solutions Inc. ([[NSI]]) on a series of agreements to enhance the competition among the registrars in the arena of .com, .net, and .org Top Level Domains (TLDs) on September 28, 1999. After oral and written public comments, the RAA was revised on several grounds and were then considered by ICANN on November 14, 1999. Out of these several agreements, RAA was one of those, which was signed between the ICANN and the registrars.
'''RAA''' is the abbreviation for '''Registrar Accreditation Agreement'''. It was announced by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ([[ICANN]]) tentatively with the United States Department of Commerce ([[DOC]]) and [[Network Solutions]] on a series of agreements to enhance the competition among the registrars in the arena of .com, .net, and .org Top Level Domains (TLDs) on September 28, 1999. After oral and written public comments, the RAA was revised on several grounds and were then considered by ICANN on November 14, 1999. Out of these several agreements, RAA was one of those, which was signed between the ICANN and the registrars.
The various registrars in order to register names with the .com, .org, .net registries which are operated by the NSI after November 30, 1999 need to sign a new Registrar License and Agreement with the NSI as well as need to sign the revised version of ICANN accreditation agreement.<ref name="link1">[http://www.icann.org/en/nsi/icann-raa-04nov99.htm icann.org]ICANN-RAA, November 4, 1999</ref>
The various registrars in order to register names with the .com, .org, .net registries which are operated by the NSI after November 30, 1999 need to sign a new Registrar License and Agreement with the NSI as well as need to sign the revised version of ICANN accreditation agreement.<ref name="link1">[http://www.icann.org/en/nsi/icann-raa-04nov99.htm icann.org]ICANN-RAA, November 4, 1999</ref>