AMSTERDAM, 18 October 2006 The UnifiedRoot, an Inclusive Name Space TLD registry and root provider, has been nominated to receive the Banking & Finance ICT Innovation Awards. The awards are presented at the Grand Gala, an event sponsored by Banking & Finance, a leading professional magazine for the Benelux financial sector.

The awards recognize innovative projects from the financial service sectors in Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. To be nominated for the award a venture or project must meet a number of conditions. It must be innovative, fully operational, socially relevant and the project must add value to companies in the financial sector.

UnifiedRoots nomination for the ICT Innovation Awards establishes the Inclusive Name Space as a solution and replacement to ICANN. Several banks have purchased TLDs through the UnifiedRoot including ABN AMRO Bank in the Netherlands, Garanti Bank in Turkey and Dollar Bank in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.

Martijn Burger the Chairman of INAIC another Inclusive Name Space root system disagrees with the nomination. "I think the UnifiedRoot is not representative of the Inclusive Name Space" said Burger. According to Burger the UnifiedRoot does not follow Inclusive Name Space rules and only use their association as a means to market their story. "I would certainly advise an organisation like Banking & Finance to do their due dilligence before a nomination of this kind is accepted" he said. This year the Grand Gala will be held in Genval Belgium this Friday evening November 17th, 2006 at the Chateau du Lac.

Martijn Burger INAIC