A Monopoly Ends

By Karen Kaplan

June 8, 1999 12 AM PT

Register.com said it assigned about 800 Internet domain names, ending the long-standing monopoly held by Network Solutions. New York-based Register.com is the first company to compete directly with Herndon, Va.-based Network Solutions in the business of registering domain names that end in .com, .net and .org. Four other firms were chosen to compete with Network Solutions during an initial test period, and about 30 additional companies will be eligible to compete starting June 24.

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Karen Kaplan

Karen Kaplan covers science and medical research for the Los Angeles Times. She has been a member of the science team since 2005, including 13 years as an editor. Her first decade at The Times was spent covering technology in the Business section as both a reporter and editor. She grew up in San Diego and is a graduate of MIT and Columbia University.

A Monopoly Ends

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