Report Indicates Continued Strong Internet Growth

The VeriSign® Domain Name Industry Brief for Q4'06 tells of ever increasing growth in the total domain name registrations which reached 120 million, representing a 32 percent increase over the previous year, and an eight percent increase over the third quarter of 2006.

Key Industry Stats and Trends:
- 32 percent increase in Top Level Domain (TLD) registrations in 2006
- Registrations average 10.1 million each quarter for 2006
- Historic country code TLD growth of 31 percent; 500,000 fourth quarter .cn registrations in China alone
- 89 percent increase in Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs)
- 2006 ended with more than 65 million .com and .net domain names

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