Tucows has acquired Ascio, a Denmark based registrar. Ascio is a good fit for Tucows, as it is a 100% reseller focussed business which offers a broad range of both ccTLD domains and gTLDs. The company offers a range of tools to help resellers easily see which policies apply to the various domain extensions, as well as a number of integration options that work well with … [Read more...] about Tucows Acquires Ascio
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ICANN Terminates AlpNames
AlpNames has been sent a notice of termination by ICANN. Unlike many termination notices that specify a future date the one they were sent is has immediate effect. As reported in multiple fora over the last few days AlpNames had gone offline, and at time of writing still is. They've also become unresponsive. It's on the basis of this that ICANN decided to terminate their … [Read more...] about ICANN Terminates AlpNames
Coming Soon IEDR Policy Board Elections
The .ie ccTLD has had a formal policy development process for the past few years. There's now a fairly clear process that can be followed to either modify existing policy or to introduce new ones. You can read more about the policy development process IEDR follows here. One of the important parts of the entire process is the Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) which is made up … [Read more...] about Coming Soon IEDR Policy Board Elections
Gab.com Claims Free Speech Infringement While Many Others View Them as Hate Site
The controversial site gab.com has been shutdown by GoDaddy and given 2 days to move the domain elsewhere. The deadline expires at midnight tonight Irish time. In recent days the site has seen itself become increasingly disconnected as various service providers and online platforms including PayPal have shut the door to them. At present the site is displaying this … [Read more...] about Gab.com Claims Free Speech Infringement While Many Others View Them as Hate Site
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