ICANN announced their new mobile site earlier today just in time for the upcoming public meeting in Mexico city.The new ICANN mobile site which has been setup with the assistance of dotMobi, contains information of relevance to delegates attending the public meeting in Mexico.I know from previous ICANN meetings that I can never remember when / where things were on, but I always … [Read more...] about ICANN Goes Mobile For Mexico Meeting
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ICANN Mexico Schedule Available
The schedule for the next ICANN meeting, which is being held in Mexico city, has been published.New gTLDs obviously feature on the meeting agenda, as does IPv6 … [Read more...] about ICANN Mexico Schedule Available
WIPO Paperless Process Proposal
WIPO, which manages domain disputes on behalf of the gTLDs and a lot of the ccTLDs, has put forward a proposal to ICANN for a paperless UDRP process.In a very interesting and insightful article on CircleID George Kirikos looks at the implications of such a process. If you have an interest in domains then you really should read both what he has to say and the details of the … [Read more...] about WIPO Paperless Process Proposal
Whois Inaccuracy Report System Gets Upgrade
ICANN have upgraded the system used for reporting inaccuracies in WHOIS.According to the announcement:The Whois Data Problem Report System (WDPRS) has a number of advantages over the previous system, which was first introduced in 2002. Among them are: * More detailed information is captured from complainants to assist registrars in investigating Whois … [Read more...] about Whois Inaccuracy Report System Gets Upgrade
ICANN Announces Deadlines for New AGP Policy
ICANN have announced their implementation plans for the new AGP (Add Grace Period) Limits PolicyThe plan specifies that gTLD Operators (hereinafter referred to as "Operators") must inform each of their accredited Registrars of the new Policy within the next 21 days and subsequently implement the Policy as soon as possible thereafter but no later than 31 March 2009.The new AGP … [Read more...] about ICANN Announces Deadlines for New AGP Policy
ICANN Mexico
While the ink still dries on the press coverage of the most recent ICANN meeting in Cairo, the next one is already gearing up.The next ICANN public meeting will be held in Mexico city from March 1st to March 6th 2009.The Mexico meeting site is already online with basic information on the venue and the meeting. Obviously the finer details are yet to be arranged, but you can … [Read more...] about ICANN Mexico
ICANN Shares Even More Data With Users
ICANN may have its flaws, but transparency is one area where they have been making some fantastic progress.ICANN has just announced a range of new material available to the public via the "dashboard"You can now easily see all sorts of statistics and graphs related to registry activity, finances and more. Pretty cool!Related articles by ZemantaICANN Domain Tasting DeadlineICANN … [Read more...] about ICANN Shares Even More Data With Users
ICANN Domain Tasting Deadline
Stephane has an interesting post on the possible end of domain tasting.While the debate around domain tasting has been going on for quite some time ICANN can be a very slow moving beast. In some ways it moves far too slow, but when you consider the range of different opinions that have to be taken into consideration for such a significant policy change to come into effect it's … [Read more...] about ICANN Domain Tasting Deadline
ICANN Culls Registrar and Attempts To Offload Domains
As I've mentioned a few times in the past, ICANN takes a dim view of registrars who misbehave.EstDomains cropped up in the news a few times over the last few months, as their head honcho, Vladimir Tsastsin was embroiled in a number of legal issues in Estonia.ICANN finally sent EstDomains a notice of termination (burnette-to-tsastsin-28oct08-en.pdf )based on Tsastsin being an … [Read more...] about ICANN Culls Registrar and Attempts To Offload Domains
Name.com Picks Up Esoftwiz Domains
Over the last year ICANN has sought expressions of interest a number of times from accredited registrars to take over the domain portfolios of registrars that have lost their accreditation.The most recent bulk transfer was of Esoftwiz's names to Name.comWhile Name.com will contact former Esoftwiz clients it's always hard to know how accurate the contact information is going to … [Read more...] about Name.com Picks Up Esoftwiz Domains