This paper provides an overview of developments in numbering, naming and addressing in the context of Next Generation Networks (NGN) with a focus on ENUM (tElephone NUmber Mapping). ENUM comprises a diverse set of standards and non-standardised mechanisms for transforming public telephone numbers into unique domain names.

The computer software company ,Ascentive filed a complaint against Google for trademark infringement.

Namepros short domain auction,which started July 2,2009 had some good results.

Six-figure sales are back this week with a $500,000 blockbuster and a $100,000  sidekick, both courtesy of Sedo.com.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has launched some time ago the eighth round of fellowship program applications for its 36th International Public Meeting to be held in Seoul, Korea from 25-30 October 2009.