Denic, the registry operator for .de, the country code for Germany, has now got over 15 million domain names registered. The registry operator is currently showing 15,000,530 names in total, so the 15 million milestone was probably hit in the last couple of hours. I suspect they’ll make an official announcement in the next day… Continue reading Denic Breaks 15 Million Names
Category: ccTLDs
IE Domains Break 175 Thousand Mark And Reports Growth
The latest press release from IEDR covering Q1 of 2012 announces a couple of things: Q1 2012 registration figures were 12.2% higher than Q4 2011. We previously reported that they’d recorded a 12.9% growth during 2011 There are now more than 175 thousand .ie domain names registered. (As of 12.21 today there are 178949 in… Continue reading IE Domains Break 175 Thousand Mark And Reports Growth
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… Continue reading Nominet Breaks 10 Million Domains
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… Continue reading 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… Continue reading Nominet Non-Executive Board Election 2012
Peter Vergote New Chair of CENTR
Peter Vergote has been elected chair of CENTR. Mr Vergote works in the legal and policy team with the .be registry. The election took place at the organisation’s meeting earlier today in Salzburg. The previous chair was Mathieu Wiell, AFNIC’s CEO.
Nominet Publish Draft Member Code
Nominet, the domain registry for the .uk ccTLD, has published a draft “member code”. Nominet’s structure means that its registrars are also “members” of the organisation, so this move is quite an interesting one. You can read the draft text on the Nominet site here. From an initial reading the “code” appears to be quite… Continue reading Nominet Publish Draft Member Code
First Decision Under New French Dispute System Published
AFNIC’s new dispute resolution system, Syreli, is now live with one decision published so far. The first case involved infragenius.fr The case was processed fully in less than a month, with the initial complaint being logged on November 22nd 2011 and the decision being handed down on December 19th 2011. The first case was pretty… Continue reading First Decision Under New French Dispute System Published
Is The Gabon Registry Offline?
It looks like the Gabon registry is having issues of some kind. While it’s not unheard of for a domain registry operator to have technical difficulties they’re usually “blips”. In the case of the .ga registry, however, it looks like the zone has been having serious issues since September of last year! Stéphane Bortzmeyer conducted… Continue reading Is The Gabon Registry Offline?
Irish Domain Registry Reports Growth
IEDR, the current registry operator of the .ie ccTLD, has reported overall growth of 12.9% in the name space during 2011. The renewal rate has also improved compared to the previous year. More details here.