The assessment process has already begun and will involve at least ten of the Telcordia technical and professional staff.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a non-profit corporation yesterday announced that it has engaged Telcordia Technologies, Inc., a provider of telecommunications software and services for IP, wireline, wireless and cable, to review and assess the applications submitted in response to the .NET Request for Proposals. This is in accordance with the open and transparent procedure for designating a 'successor' registry operator; the current registry agreement ICANN and Verisign will expire on 30 June 2005.

ICANN will complement the Telcordia team's capabilities with an international panel of DNS experts to contribute to the assessment effort. The assessment process, already begun, involves at least ten of the Telcordia technical and professional staff and include site visits to the qualified applicants. Dr. Sincoskie is Group Senior Vice President of the Network Systems Research Laboratory at Telcordia consisting of over 100 engineers and scientists involved in many aspects of Internet and broadband networking.

Evaluation team demographics include two IEEE Fellows; a member of the National Academy of Engineering; a multi-cultural/multi-national composition, with nationals of Croatia, Greece, Pakistan, Taiwan, the UK and the US. In addition, 60% of the team possesses PhDs, spanning CS, EE and Economics.