Centralnic is to rebrand. The company plans to switch its name to "Team Internet Group" this week. The name change will also impact how its shares are seen on the stock market with them being listed now under "TIG". (As I'm Irish I'm kind of amused that the new ticker means "house" in the Irish language) Team Internet, which includes Parking Crew, is a German company … [Read more...] about Centralnic Rebrands
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Centralnic Head Honcho Announces Immediate Retirement
Centralnic's CEO Ben Crawford announced his immediate retirement earlier today. The announcement was made via his personal Twitter account: He also tweeted that the role of CEO would be filled by the Groups's CFO Michael Riedl. In a press release later this morning the company announced that they'd be promoting Michael Green from Finance Director to CFO to replace … [Read more...] about Centralnic Head Honcho Announces Immediate Retirement
Kelly Hardy Joins CentralNic as Policy Chief
Domain industry veteran Kelly Hardy is now Head of Policy for Centralnic's Registry Services division. The announcement was made at the end of last week and it sounds like she'll be covering both ICANN's GNSO, the ccNSO as well as several other Internet governance fora: Kelly will head up CentralNic's Policy Consultancy, helping both ccTLD and gTLD registry partners with … [Read more...] about Kelly Hardy Joins CentralNic as Policy Chief
Centralnic Acquires Parking Crew
Centralnic has acquired yet another domain company. This time round it's German domain parking company Team Internet, which is probably better known under the name of its domain parking brand "Parking Crew". The London based company has been snapping up companies on both sides of the Atlantic over the last couple of years, though this is the first company focussed on … [Read more...] about Centralnic Acquires Parking Crew
Centralnic Acquiring Key Systems for $35.8 Million
Centralnic's merger with KeyDrive SA, parent company to Key Systems, was officially announced this morning. The deal will see Centralnic acquire KeyDrive's entire share capital for a total of $36.5 35.8 million. KeyDrive is the parent company of Key Systems, RRP Proxy and Moniker, as well as corporate registrar Brand Shelter. While the companies, with the exception of … [Read more...] about Centralnic Acquiring Key Systems for $35.8 Million
Centralnic Win BRS Media Contract
BRS Media announced to registrars earlier this week that they had chosen Centralnic to run registry backend services for their extensions. BRS Media run the .fm domain name registry, as well as offering a form of proxy registrar for .am. They had also originally applied for the .radio new TLD. Here's the announcement: CentralNic has been selected as the new Back-end … [Read more...] about Centralnic Win BRS Media Contract
Centralnic Sunsetting Several SLD Extensions
Centralnic has announced that they will be "sunsetting" several of their SLD based extensions. The impacted extensions are: .AR.COM .GB.COM .HU.COM .KR.COM .QC.COM .NO.COM .SE.COM .UY.COM From April 29th 2016 (today) no new registrations or renewals will be permitted in any of the impacted extensions. The domains will "go dark" on April 30 … [Read more...] about Centralnic Sunsetting Several SLD Extensions
Centralnic To Float On Stock Exchange
UK domain company CentralNic will announce tomorrow its plans to float on London's AIM. In an interview with the Telegraph CentralNic's CEO Ben Crawford outlines the company's plans which should be announced officially tomorrow. The entire play is based around CentralNic's new TLD business. The company is providing registry backend services for a number of applications … [Read more...] about Centralnic To Float On Stock Exchange
Centralnic Now ICANN Accredited
Centralnic, the company that runs .uk.com and other extensions, is now an ICANN accredited registrar. They don't appear to be listed on the IANA site yet or on the ICANN list of accredited registrars, however ICANN has informed registry operators of the accreditation, so expect their name to appear there soon. Related articles So Centralnic Acquired Gb.com … [Read more...] about Centralnic Now ICANN Accredited
Centralnic’s Gb.com In Dispute – gb.com now wildcarded
Centralnic's gb.com is no longer pointing to their nameservers and any domains in the zone are now being wildcarded to the main gb.com website which carries the following notice: You may be here because you have been sold a domain or email service using the gb.com domain that has ceased to work. You can restore that service swiftly by registering with GB.COM Ltd. GB.COM … [Read more...] about Centralnic’s Gb.com In Dispute – gb.com now wildcarded