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| 09-01-26 |
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ICANN |
New gTLDs to be delayed by third DAG?
The first version of the Draft Applicant Guidebook published by ICANN late last year has generated such a large volume of comments that ICANN may slow the new gTLD program down by introducing a third DAG.
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| 09-01-15 |
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.FR |
.FR tender published
French authorities have published the long-awaited (in France at least) tender for .FR. Incumbent registry AFNIC is widely expected to retain the position when the winner is announced, probably in April this year.
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| 09-01-12 |
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.EU |
Dot EU now at 3 million
Sunday January 11, 2009 will go down as a landmark date for .EU: the day it passed the 3 million registered domain mark!
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| 09-01-11 |
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ICANN |
ICANN releases stats on the DAG comment period
ICANN looks set to continue on its recent theme of communicating intensely on the new gTLD program. It has just released some figures on the comments received following the publication of the Draft Applicant Guidebook (DAG).
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| 09-01-02 |
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ICANN |
ICANN ad for new TLDs
The current issue of The Economist magazine has an advert for ICANN which focusses on the new TLD program.
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| 08-12-31 |
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Blog SVG |
Crisis or no crisis for domain names?
There's no real suspense here: yes domain names are also being hit by the current economic downturn. Aftermarket domain sale volumes may not be falling too much, but transaction values are certainly down as sellers adapt to the end of the "anything sells (even a dud domain)" era by dropping their prices.
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| 08-12-18 |
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Blog SVG |
IDN new gTLDs confirmed by ICANN
In its response further to the public forum in Cairo, ICANN confirms that applications for IDNs will be accepted and introduced at the same time as other gTLDs.
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| 08-12-11 |
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Blog SVG |
ICANN may review new TLD fees
Last Monday ICANN held a new gTLD Q&A session hosted by the GNSO Council. The subject of ICANN's proposed fee structure for initial evaluation and annual registry fees was once again at the centre of much of the discussions, during which it transpired that said fees may well be revised in the forthcoming second draft applicant guidebook (DAG), due out in February 2009.
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| 08-12-09 |
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Blog SVG |
ICANN, the luckiest organisation around?
Stéphane Van Gelder describes his experience as a member of the ICANN GNSO Council.
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| 08-12-08 |
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Blog SVG |
Pre-crisis numbers show continued domain name growth
But for how long? That's the question some people will no doubt ask themselves while reading Verisign's latest domain stats.
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| 08-12-04 |
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Blog SVG |
Exposing the dark side of subdomain registries
It sounds like the title to a Star Wars parody made by a bunch of college kids but it's actually the Anti Phishing Working Group's latest report.
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| 08-11-27 |
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Blog SVG |
On Stéphane Van Gelder's blog
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| 08-11-18 |
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.CN |
.CN is the largest ccTLD with 13 million names
.CN, the country code Top Level Domain of China now has 13 million names, making it the world leader ahead of .DE (12,3 million names).
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| 08-11-13 |
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City TLD |
Hamburg joins growing list of potential CityTLDs
With the first round of new TLD applications set to open in September 2009, more potential applicants are making themselves known. One is .HAMBURG for the German city of Hamburg.
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| 08-11-11 |
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Internationalized Domain Names |
Russia to get first IDN national suffix
Russia is set to become the first country to be awarded a non-Latin domain as part of ICANN's IDN fast-track process with .PФ (.RF), for Russian federation in Cyrillic characters.
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| 08-11-07 |
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ICANN |
Sydney and Seoul to host ICANN meetings in 2009
Major Australian and South Korean cities named as venues for 2nd and final ICANN meetings of 2009.
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| 08-11-04 |
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.TEL |
Test .TEL!
TELNIC has launched a beta program to allow prospective registrants to test .TEL prior to the December 3 Sunrise.
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| 08-11-02 |
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.BIZ |
Single and 2-letter names for .BIZ
Neustar, the .BIZ registry, has asked ICANN for permission to release single and 2-letter names which are currently reserved and cannot be registered. Country-code 2-letter names would not be released.
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| 08-10-31 |
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.FR |
Results of .FR public consultation published
The French government has published a six page summary of the answers received to its consultation on .FR's future. Next step: an official RFP for the job of running the French registry.
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| 08-10-07 |
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.CM |
Cameroon goes second level
Cameroon is opening its namespace by making three second level domains (COM.CM, NET.CM and CO.CM) available for public registration. A Sunrise is scheduled this month.
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| 08-10-07 |
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.SG |
.SG tops 100,000 names
Singapore's registry SGNIC confirms 100,000th .SG name registered.
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| 08-09-16 |
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SECURITY |
EU pushes for improved DNS security
A recent DNS security issue seems to have served as a wake-up call for the EU. ENISA, the EU agency tasked with Internet security, is looking into DNSSEC, IPv6 and MPLS as possible security boosters for the Net.
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| 08-09-11 |
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.PRO |
65% growth for .PRO
Relaunched on September 8th and now available to professionals around the world, .PRO is already claiming some impressive registration numbers.
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| 08-09-09 |
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.MOBI |
A million .MOBI names
The extension for the mobile web claims to have passed the psychologically important one million registration mark.
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| 08-09-01 |
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.INFO |
.INFO names locked since 2001 set to be released
Afilias has asked ICANN to okay its proposal to release names that have remained under lock ever since the .INFO Sunrise in 2001.
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| 08-08-26 |
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TRENDS |
Rush for Obama-Biden domains
Barack Obama's choice of Joe Biden as running mate for the US presidency has sparked off a wave of domain name registrations.
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| 08-08-25 |
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.SU |
Soviet Union's .SU set to live on
By granting the old Soviet Union's country code SU " exceptionally reserved" status, ISO has made sure its future as an Internet suffix is also secured.
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| 08-08-19 |
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.CYM |
.CYM: putting Wales on the Internet
The Welsh government has pledged £20,000 to support the campaign for the creation of a .CYM domain to promote both the Welsh region and culture.
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| 08-08-14 |
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ICANN |
No certification for backend registries
ICANN has opted against requiring certification for backend registry operators for the forthcoming first round of new gTLDs.
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| 08-08-12 |
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ICANN |
ICANN study favors auctions for new gTLDs
Are auctions the best solution for allocating a new TLD when there are several applicants? A study commissioned by ICANN and now made public says yes.
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