ICANN sees privatisation of Internet management soon

DIVESTING: The US plan seeks to turn over this function to what Chehade calls a

SAN FRANCISCO: The head of the nonprofit group that oversees the world’s Internet addresses expressed confidence that it would be privatised and out of US government control by year’s end. 

Fadi Chehade’s comments came despite criticism in the US Congress, where some lawmakers have resisted the plan to end Washington’s key management role in the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).