AFNIC, which runs the .fr registry, has published its Action Plan for 2010.While the "old chestnut" of DNSSEC is on the agenda (no surprise there!), there's also reference to a change in the registration rules. Under the current registration rules registrants need to supply an address in France. The proposed change is intended to open up registration to all French nationals … [Read more...] about AFNIC To Relax Registration Rules?
Afilias Launch .Info Website Competition
Afilias are running a competition with a prize fund of $7500 for the first prize.Full details of the competition and the entry form are on the official competition site … [Read more...] about Afilias Launch .Info Website Competition
PIR Releases Domain Report
PIR, the organisation behind .org (dotOrg), has released its first biannual domain report - The Dashboard. The report, which runs to 10 pages, goes into detail on the type of websites that opt for .org as their domain extension. Not surprisingly a lot of non-profit or non-commercial sites are using .org.What's also interesting to see, and will come as positive news to industry … [Read more...] about PIR Releases Domain Report
New TLD Applicant Guidebook v3 Now Available
ICANN has published the 3rd version of the applicant guidebook and it is now available for comments.The texts (more than one!) are available here.Jothan Frakes has posted some initial observations as wellDue to the sheer size and complexity of the guidebook it will probably take time for people to fully digest it and come up with sane critique. … [Read more...] about New TLD Applicant Guidebook v3 Now Available
Beckstrom Explains The New ICANN Deal
ICANN CEO, Rod Beckstrom, explains in plain English what the new "arrangement" for ICANN means both for the organisation and for the global internet community: … [Read more...] about Beckstrom Explains The New ICANN Deal
ICANN’s New Affirmation of Commitments
ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom has signed the new "Affirmation of Commitments" which replaces the JPA.More details here including full text and some reactionsFurther updates to follow ... … [Read more...] about ICANN’s New Affirmation of Commitments
AFNIC / CORE To Run .Paris
The Mayor of Paris was very upbeat about the new TLD project when he spoke during the ICANN meeting in Paris. Not surprisingly Paris is one of the European cities that is pushing hard to get its own tld .paris.According to news released earlier today the .paris bid is going to be using a combination of AFNIC and CORE.AFNIC already runs the .fr cctld operations, while CORE runs … [Read more...] about AFNIC / CORE To Run .Paris
DotMobi IDN To Launch October 29th
I mentioned that dotMobi were planning to launch IDNs some time ago, but now they've announced a launch date. By the looks of things dotMobi are planning for a nice media coup, as the launch of the sunrise period for IDN coincides with the ICANN meeting in Asia on October 19th 2009 at 4am UTC.Unlike other IDN launches, dotMobi are being very specific about the launch and are … [Read more...] about DotMobi IDN To Launch October 29th
Neustar and DotGreen
While the squabble over .eco might not have vanished, it's not as "big" a news item this week..So how about .green?Neustar announced earlier today that the organisation running the .green bid has chosen them to run their backend if their bid is successful.Neustar already runs the registry backend services for .tel, .biz and several ccTLDs. … [Read more...] about Neustar and DotGreen
EU IDNs – Some Governments Still Don’t Get It!
Image via WikipediaWhen .eu launched a couple of years ago all member states were given the chance to put names down on a "reserve list". The idea being that these names should only be registered either by the state or its organs. Unfortunately some governments didn't take advantage of this, with the end result being that the .eu launch led to domains like cork.eu and dublin.eu … [Read more...] about EU IDNs – Some Governments Still Don’t Get It!