February 8, 2010 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- The not-for-profit body responsible for the assignment of domain names and IP addresses has terminated its  Registrar Accreditation Agreement with registrar DNGLOBE LLC for failure to comply with the requirements of the agreement.

According to documents from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (www.icann.org), the registrar was cut off last week for failing to pay more than $2,200 in accreditation fees, which is a requirement of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement, the contract between ICANN and registrars that governs the registration of domain names. DNGLOBE was also guilty of failing to provide public access to data on registered names.

To protect registrants, ICANN has initiated a process to identify a qualified and accredited registrar to take over management of the domain names through a bulk transfer. As an example of how this process works, late last year, ICANN ordered the bulk transfer of domain names Hosting365 Inc., OOO (known as "Russian Registrar") and R.B. Data Net LTD after it was found that they had violated the conditions of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement.

DNGLOBE is the latest deviant registrar that has been made an example of by ICANN, which seems to be taking increasingly bold moves to keep the Internet free of individuals who shirk their responsibilities as domain registrars.

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