Source: www.domainnews.com As a result of the de-accreditation of registrar Esoftwiz Inc., ICANN initiated a process to identify a gaining registrar to receive Esoftwiz\'s gTLD names. In accordance with ICANN\'s Interim Terminated Registrar Transition Procedure (see http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-06jun08-en.htm (http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-06jun08-en.htm) ), on 12 September 2008, ICANN initiated a Request for Statements of Interest (RFI) from registrars interested in receiving the names.ICANN received 11 statements of interest from registrars in response to the RFI. As a result of the procedure, ICANN selected Name.com LLC. to receive the bulk transfer from Esoftwiz.
