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ICANN Releases Latest Draft Applicant Guidebook

November 13, 2010 by Michele Neylon

ICANN has released yet another "Draft Applicant Guidebook" in relation to the new TLD application process.However, this time round they're referring to it as the "Proposed Final New gTLD Applicant Guidebook"You can read the announcement here or go over and download it and submit comments here.You can expect this to be one of the "hot topics" at the upcoming ICANN public meeting … [Read more...] about ICANN Releases Latest Draft Applicant Guidebook

ICANN Board Gets Decisive. Vertical Integration Debate Killed Off

November 10, 2010 by Michele Neylon

Earlier this morning ICANN made public the resolutions from the most recent board meeting of November 5th 2010. The meeting was not a "normal" meeting - it was deemed a "special meeting" and its sole topic was vertical integration and cross-ownership between registrars and registries. This topic, often simply referred to as VI, has been a subject of debate - often very heated - … [Read more...] about ICANN Board Gets Decisive. Vertical Integration Debate Killed Off

Top Level Domain Holdings Rejig Staff

November 9, 2010 by Michele Neylon

Top Level Domain Holdings, which is probably better known under its more public name - Minds and Machines, has announced a few changes to their staff. Antony Van Couvering is now CEO, while Caspar von Veltheim becomes the Director of European Operations. Following on from the recent ICANN board announcement you can expect to see more activity among those companies trying to … [Read more...] about Top Level Domain Holdings Rejig Staff

IEDR Launch Why.ie and Celebrate 150k Names Registered

November 8, 2010 by Michele Neylon

Last Thursday evening the IEDR officially launched why.ie which has been setup as a neutral resource for potential registrants of .ie domain names. The event also saw the announcement of the 150 thousandth .ie domain name, which was localcomputerrepair.ie. Speaking at the event David Curtin, IEDR CEO, stated: “We’re delighted to have passed the 150,000th mark for .ie domain … [Read more...] about IEDR Launch Why.ie and Celebrate 150k Names Registered

Nominet Registrar Conference To Be Held In Science Museum

October 26, 2010 by Michele Neylon

Nominet's annual registrar conference takes place this November 4th in London's Science Museum. If nothing else the UK registry operator is good at picking memorable locations for its events. Last year they chose Lord's cricket ground and gave all attendees a cricket ball... More information on the event here … [Read more...] about Nominet Registrar Conference To Be Held In Science Museum

Italian Registry Ignores Its Partners

October 26, 2010 by Michele Neylon

The Italian domain name registry issued a press release about hitting the 2 million domain mark.What's interesting about the release is that there is zero mention of the domain name registrars.So does the Italian registry think that the domains registered themselves? … [Read more...] about Italian Registry Ignores Its Partners

Italian ccTLD Registry Tops 2 Million Name Mark

October 21, 2010 by Michele Neylon

In the last hour or so the .it registry topped the 2 million names registered mark. They hit the 1.5 million name mark in March 2008. … [Read more...] about Italian ccTLD Registry Tops 2 Million Name Mark

IEDR Release Annual Report

October 21, 2010 by Michele Neylon

The IEDR, the operator of the .ie ccTLD registry, have released their annual report for 2009.The document, which obviously cost quite a bit to design, covers various aspects of the organisation's activities and is not limited to the domain registrations. In common with quite a few ccTLD operators IEDR is also involved in ENUM, though there has been little or no takeup for the … [Read more...] about IEDR Release Annual Report

IEDR Celebrates 10 Years

October 16, 2010 by Michele Neylon

The Irish domain name registry operator (IEDR) is celebrating 10 years.In recent weeks the number of registered .ie domain names exceeded the 150 thousand name mark. … [Read more...] about IEDR Celebrates 10 Years

Norid Trying To Scare Prospective Registrants of co.no domains?

October 11, 2010 by Michele Neylon

Norid, the domain name registry for Norway (.no), has a page on their site about co.no which is worth reading.While most of it is "normal" ie. co.no is a domain and subdomains off it are being sold etc., etc., what is vaguely worrying is the last part of the page:The domain co.no is on a "prohibited/reserved"-list (Appendix A in the domain name policy). This means that while … [Read more...] about Norid Trying To Scare Prospective Registrants of co.no domains?

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