Afilias Limited (the registry operator for .MOBI) has requested the removal of the cross-ownership restrictions reflected on the .MOBI Registry Agreement with ICANN dated 10 July 2005.
According to the approved process, in order to lift cross-ownership restrictions, existing gTLD registry operators could either request an amendment to their existing Registry Agreement to remove the cross-ownership restrictions or request to transition to the new form of Registry Agreement for new gTLDs.
Any proposed material amendments to gTLD registry agreements would be subject to public comment prior to ICANN approval.
ICANN Public Comment on .MOBI Cross-Ownership Removal Request
From the announcement at http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-26jul13-en.htm :
Afilias Limited (the registry operator for .MOBI) has requested the removal of the cross-ownership restrictions reflected on the .MOBI Registry Agreement with ICANN dated 10 July 2005.
See: http://www.icann.org/en/about/agreements/registries/mobi
This request is submitted according to the "Process for Handling Requests for Removal of Cross-Ownership Restrictions on Operators of Existing gTLDs" adopted by the ICANN Board on 18 October 2012.
See: http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registries/removal-cross-ownership.
According to the approved process, in order to lift cross-ownership restrictions, existing gTLD registry operators could either request an amendment to their existing Registry Agreement to remove the cross-ownership restrictions or request to transition to the new form of Registry Agreement for new gTLDs.
Any proposed material amendments to gTLD registry agreements would be subject to public comment prior to ICANN approval.
The proposed Afilias Limited amendment to can be found here<http://www.icann.org/en/about/agreements/registries/mobi/proposed-mobi-amendment-26jul13-en.pdf> [PDF, 51 KB].
The redlined agreement can be downloaded here <http://www.icann.org/en/about/agreements/registries/mobi/proposed-mobi-agreement-redline-26jul13-en.pdf> [PDF, 248 KB].
Public comments can be submitted at ICANN's Public Comment Box Link at: http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/mobi-xo-removal-26jul13-en.htm