Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice Review (CCT)
Under the Bylaws (Section 4.6(d)), ICANN is committed to a review of the extent to which the expansion of generic top-level domains (gTLDs) has promoted competition, consumer trust, and consumer choice. The Competition, Consumer Trust, Consumer Choice (CCT) Review also serves to assess the effectiveness of the New gTLD Round’s application and evaluation process, as well as the safeguards put in place to mitigate possible issues arising from the New gTLD Round.
To date, ICANN org has conducted one iteration of the CCT Review and is in the process of implementing CCT recommendations approved by the Board in March 2019 and October 2020. For more information on CCT Review work, see here.
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Status of CCT Recommendations
17 Board Approved Recommendations (in whole or in part):
Implementation Status | |
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Complete | |
In Progress |
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Not Started | N/A |
Recommendations Passed through to Community Groups (in whole or in part): Recommendations 9, 10, 12, 16, 19, 20, 25, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, and 35
6 Rejected Recommendations: Recommendations 2, 3, 4, 5, 14 and 15
Implementation status of recommendations should be understood as follows:
- Complete: a recommendation's intent which is considered implemented or addressed.
- In progress: a recommendation for which work has started to address deliverables identified during the implementation design. Implementation design is the preparatory phase for implementation during which a cross-functional project team develops guidelines that include deliverables for implementation, costing out resources, risk assessment, as well as an inventory of existing work etc.
- Not started: Work has not started due to, for instance, a dependency on another recommendation and/or process.
Quarterly Updates on Specific Reviews Recommendations
- ICANN Specific Reviews Q2 2024 Quarterly Report (30 June 2024)
- ICANN Specific Reviews Q1 2024 Quarterly Report (31 March 2024)
- ICANN Specific Reviews Q4 2023 Quarterly Report (31 December 2023)
- ICANN Specific Reviews Q3 2023 Quarterly Report (30 September 2023)
- ICANN Specific Reviews Q2 2023 Quarterly Report (30 June 2023)
- ICANN Specific Reviews Q1 2023 Quarterly Report (31 March 2023)
- ICANN Specific Reviews Q4 2022 Quarterly Report (31 December 2022)
Review Progress and Milestones
The graphic below illustrates phases and status of each review - a indicates that all activities within a given phase have been completed. The chart that follows the graphic provides further details of key activities and milestones within each phase – you can view these details by clicking on each of the phases in the graphic. The table also contains links to relevant documents.
Phase | Activity | Description | Start Date | Documents |
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Conduct Review | Call for Volunteers Extension | Extension of call for volunteers to submit application | 2 Nov 2015 | |
Applications | Applications Received for CCT | 16 Nov 2015 | ||
Appointment of review team members | Appointment of review team members based on AoC requirements | 23 Dec 2015 | ||
Terms of Reference | Document outlining the scope of work adopted by the review team | 23 Mar 2016 | ||
Call for Volunteers | Call for Volunteers | 1 Oct 2015 | ||
CCT Draft Report | Draft report published for public comment | 7 Mar 2017 | ||
CCT Issues New Sections to Draft Report Recommendations | Call for input on new sections to the draft report. | 27 Nov 2017 | ||
CCT Final Report | Competition, Consumer Trust, and Consumer Choice Review Final Report | 8 Sep 2018 | ||
CCT Final Report Executive Summary | Executive summary of the CCT Final Report | 8 Sep 2018 | ||
Board Action* | Board receipt of the Final Report | Board receipt of the Final Report | 5 Oct 2018 | |
Public comment on Final Report | Final Report & Recommendations posted for public comment | 8 Oct 2018 | ||
Extension of Public Comment | Announcement of extension of public comment on CCT Final Report | 29 Nov 2018 | ||
Board Action on Final Report | Board resolution taking action on 35 recommendations | 1 Mar 2019 | ||
Board Action on Pending Recommendations | Board resolution approving 11 pending recommendations | 22 Oct 2020 | ||
Board Action on Pending Recommendations | Board resolution rejecting two pending recommendations | 10 Sep 2023 | ||
Board Action on Pending Recommendations | Board resolution rejecting four pending recommendations | 29 Jul 2024 | ||
Planning | Plan for Implementation and Next Steps | Accepted Recommendations - Plan for Implementation and Next Steps | 11 Sep 2019 | |
Board Action on Plan for Implementation | Board resolution on implementation of six accepted recommendations | 26 Jan 2020 |