EURid has won the tender bid to operate the .eu domain for a further 5 years until 2027.The official announcement was made by the Belgium based company on Monday, though they'd informally announced that they had the winning bid at the Web Awards last Friday night."We feel honoured to have been chosen to continue to serve the .eu stakeholders," stated "EURid is an … [Read more...] about EURid Wins Bid to Keep Registry Contract
ccTLDs
Spanish ccTLD on Track to hit 2 Million Registrations
The .es domain registry for Spain is on track to hit the two million domains registered mark. They'll probably break the two million mark this side of Christmas if my calculations are correct.In common with many other country code domain name operators, the .es registry offers multiple extensions though the data clearly shows that most people and businesses opt for .es, … [Read more...] about Spanish ccTLD on Track to hit 2 Million Registrations
Candidates for Nominet Elections Announced
This year's Nominet Board elections will be for two non-executive directors (NEDs). As usual the seats are open to anyone and they don't need to be a Nominet member to be elected, though only Nominet members get to vote.The full slate of nominees was announced earlier this afternoon. With 6 candidates running for 2 seats this will be one of the more hotly contested … [Read more...] about Candidates for Nominet Elections Announced
Nominations for Nominet Board Elections Open
The nomination period for non-executive directors to the Nominet Board opened yesterday. The Nominet Board is made up of appointees and member elected representatives. The number of positions up for election in any given year tends to vary. This year there are two positions up for election due to members' terms.While both Non-Executive Directors could serve another term on … [Read more...] about Nominations for Nominet Board Elections Open
ICANN’s NomCom Announces Selections
ICANN's nominating committee is responsible for selecting people for a variety of positions across the various boards, councils and committees within ICANN. The number of appointments varies year on year, due to term lengths and other factors.This year's appointments were announced yesterday:ICANN Board of DirectorsEdmon Chung, Asia, Australia, Pacific … [Read more...] about ICANN’s NomCom Announces Selections
Nominet Announces Newly Formed Advisory Council
Yesterday Nominet announced who would be members of the newly formed ".UK Registry Advisory Council".The Council was announced several months ago, but the actual selection process for members only concluded last week.Unlike with the Board elections where all members vote to select one or more representatives from across the entire Nominet membership, the UKRAC's … [Read more...] about Nominet Announces Newly Formed Advisory Council
Chilean Country Code Domains Breaks 700k Mark
The .cl domain name registry for Chile recently hit a milestone. There are now over 700 thousand .cl domain names registered. (At time of writing 700338).According to a release from the registry, the milestone was reached on 11th March 2021.The .cl domain name has been around since 1987. They've been tracking and publishing stats on their registrations from the … [Read more...] about Chilean Country Code Domains Breaks 700k Mark
Nominet Under Fire (Again)
Nominet is coming under fire again.A group of Nominet critics, headed by Krystal hosting's Simon Blackler are mounting a campaign to oust members of Nominet's board including the CEO.The campaign purports to be focussed on the "public benefit" aspect of Nominet and is using the domain PublicBenefit.uk to lay out its goals and collect support from Nominet members for … [Read more...] about Nominet Under Fire (Again)
EURid Q1 Results Show Growth
EURid, who operate the .eu ccTLD domain registry, have released their Q1 2020 report.The report covers the period up until the end of March 2020 (obviously), so it does not show the full impact of COVID-19 on domain registrations or renewals. The report for Q2 should make for interesting reading!So what does the report show for Q1?Registrations are up 15% compared … [Read more...] about EURid Q1 Results Show Growth
Nominet Releases Updated ccTLD Map
I love data and when it's easy to consume I love it even more.Nominet have been producing a world map with a slight difference for the last few years. Their map displays the countries with their size related to the number of domains in their ccTLD. What that means is that countries that in reality are quite small end up appearing to be quite big, while some quite large … [Read more...] about Nominet Releases Updated ccTLD Map