The London edition of the .Nxt conference is now open for registration.I previously mentioned the draft agenda.Full details here … [Read more...] about Registrations Open For .Nxt In London
Archives for March 2012
UK Registry Launch Prize Draw To Celebrate 10 Million Registrations
The UK registry, Nominet, recently hit the 10 million domain mark and to mark the event they're running a prize draw.If you're a UK resident and you register OR renew a UK domain between now and April 26th you'll be entered into the daily draw for an iPad.Full details and terms and conditions are on the official site for the draw.(And as I'm obviously biased I'd … [Read more...] about UK Registry Launch Prize Draw To Celebrate 10 Million Registrations
RIPE NCC Hits Membership Milestone
RIPE NCC announced that it has added its 8 thousandth member!More details here … [Read more...] about RIPE NCC Hits Membership Milestone
Nominet Breaks 10 Million Domains
Nominet, the .uk registry, announced yesterday that they'd broken the 10 million domains mark.The .uk registry is currently the 2nd largest country code extension in the world.Interestingly there were over 2 million domain names registered in each of the last two years and the renewal rate stands at around 70%. Later this year the registry will be introducing multi-year … [Read more...] about Nominet Breaks 10 Million Domains
ICANN 44 Registrations Open
The 44th ICANN meeting will take place from June 24th to June 29th 2012 in Prague.Registrations opened earlier this evening, as the 43rd ICANN meeting draws to a close.The June meeting will be hosted by the Czech ccTLD registry and was not without some controversyThe local hosts have also launched their own site to promote the meeting and provide relevant … [Read more...] about ICANN 44 Registrations Open
DotPro Registry Migrating To Afilias Backend
The .pro registry will be migrating to the Afilias EPP system in June 2012.The move is hardly surprising, as the .pro registry was acquired by Afilias early this year.What impact will this have on registrants? Pretty much none.Registrars, however, will need to re-integrate their backend systems with the registry and unfortunately their existing connections with … [Read more...] about DotPro Registry Migrating To Afilias Backend
Irish Country Code High Risk For Business
If you're going to choose a country code for your business you might want to think long and hard about choosing the .ie ccTLD.Why?Because if you reorganise your business you might end up losing your domain.In several recent cases the IEDR have flatly refused to update the registrant details on domain names citing registry rules that were never applied to the initial … [Read more...] about Irish Country Code High Risk For Business
Nominet Non-Executive Board Election 2012
Nominet's board elections for 2012 are kicking off today.Up for grabs are two non-executive board posts, though both of the current board members whose seats are being vacated are also standing for re-election.The timeline is pretty simple:Nominations open - 5 March Closing date for nominations - 19 March, 12.00 noon Voting commences - 16 April Voting closes … [Read more...] about Nominet Non-Executive Board Election 2012
ICANN and Registrars Provide A Status Update
One of the "hot topics" at the ICANN meeting in Costa Rica next week will be the ongoing negotiations around the RAA.The RAA is basically the core document and contract that all ICANN accredited registrars have to sign with ICANN in order to be able to offer domain name registration services.(Oddly enough UDRP providers aren't bound by anything as strict..)The first … [Read more...] about ICANN and Registrars Provide A Status Update
Eurid Rolling Out IPv6 On Production Services
Eurid, the registry operator for .eu, has announced that it will be rolling out IPv6 across its remaining websites, including the registrar extranet.The registry operator is currently running its main site on both IPv4 and IPv6.All sites should be 100% dual-stack from May 2nd 2012.Unfortunately it does not look like they'll be offering the full range of services … [Read more...] about Eurid Rolling Out IPv6 On Production Services