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Archives for May 2019

LINX Appoint New CEO

May 29, 2019 by Michele Neylon

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LINX, the London Internet Exchange, is one of the largest Internet exchanges in the world. For the past 18 years John Souter has served as the organisation's CEO, but he will be retiring towards the end of 2019. So who will replace him? The new CEO for LINX is an internal hire: Kurtis Lindqvist, who is currently CMO will assume the role of CEO from mid-September onwards, … [Read more...] about LINX Appoint New CEO

Nominet Non-Exec Election Nominations Open

May 27, 2019 by Michele Neylon

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Nominet's non-executive directors elections are kicking off. This year the election is for one NED for a 3 year term. There are 4 elected non-executive directors serving on the Nominet Board, with only one whose term expires this cycle: Kelly SalterJames BladelVolker Greimann (term expires this cycle and he can stand for another term)David Thornton Full details on the … [Read more...] about Nominet Non-Exec Election Nominations Open

Czech Registry CEO Joins RIPE Board

May 24, 2019 by Michele Neylon

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Ondřej Filip, CEO of the .cz domain registry, has been elected to the RIPE Board. The election was held over the last couple of days as part of the 78th RIPE meeting taking place in Reykjavík, Iceland this week. The RIPE board election this week was for two positions and attracted 7 candidates. The full results of the vote haven't been published yet, but the winners … [Read more...] about Czech Registry CEO Joins RIPE Board

Irish Registrants Show Love for European Union

May 22, 2019 by Michele Neylon

I've been writing about the .eu ccTLD for well over a decade. While the extension's popularity in EU member states has ebbed and flowed over the years I don't recall ever noting a registration spike in Ireland. However EURid's Q1 report for 2019 is showing a notable spike in Ireland. Admittedly the spike is percentage based not absolute numbers, yet it's still an … [Read more...] about Irish Registrants Show Love for European Union

PIR Launch ORG Impact Awards

May 21, 2019 by Michele Neylon

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PIR, the registry operator for .org, has launched "The .org Impact Awards". In common with other domain registry run awards the event focusses on sites and services that use the registry's domain extension - in this case .org. The timeline for the awards are as follows: May 20, 2019 Nominations OpenJune 28, 2019 Nominations CloseEarly July, 2019 Judging … [Read more...] about PIR Launch ORG Impact Awards

CENTR Publishes Q1 Report

May 19, 2019 by Michele Neylon

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CENTR has published its Q1 2019 statistics report. The report covers domain statistics in both ccTLDs and gTLDs and the overall results aren't terribly positive. While there is light at the end of the tunnel some of the headline figures make for quite depressing reading: The median domain growth of all TLDs has hit a record low of 3.4% year on yearNew gTLDs have less than … [Read more...] about CENTR Publishes Q1 Report

Nominet Loses dotBlog Registry

May 16, 2019 by Michele Neylon

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The .blog registry informed their registrars earlier today that they're switching their backend to Centralnic from Nominet (There's also a blog post that's public here). The change will probably take place in August, though an exact date hasn't been announced. Since prior to its launch the .blog registry has been using Nominet as their registry service provider. … [Read more...] about Nominet Loses dotBlog Registry

EURid Phasing Out Cyrillic.Latin Domains This Month

May 13, 2019 by Michele Neylon

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EURid, the registry for .eu and .ею, will be removing Cyrillic domains that use the .eu (Latin) suffix at the end of this month. This isn't exactly "news", as EURid originally announced their intentions to sunset Cyrillic domains ending in the Latin suffix back in May 2016. As announced in May of 2016 and further reminded in June 2018, the Cyrillic domain name(s) with the … [Read more...] about EURid Phasing Out Cyrillic.Latin Domains This Month

TLDCON 2019 Chooses VIlnius

May 2, 2019 by Michele Neylon

The 2019 edition of TLDCON will take place later this year in Vilnius, Lithuania. The annual event is organised and hosted by the .ru ccTLD registry and has a firm focus on Central and Eastern European registrars and registries. This year's event is being held in the Grand Hotel Kempinski Vilnius on September 11th and 12th. While the event is free to attend registration … [Read more...] about TLDCON 2019 Chooses VIlnius

IE ccTLD to Offer New Dispute Resolution Service

May 1, 2019 by Michele Neylon

IEDR, which runs the .ie country code registry, has announced the upcoming launch of a new alternate dispute resolution service. The new service should be available from July of this year onwards. So what is it? It's designed to be a mechanism to resolve disputes surrounding .ie domain names without going to a full WIPO dispute. With the liberalisation of .ie domains … [Read more...] about IE ccTLD to Offer New Dispute Resolution Service

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