The .au (Australia) country code authority auDA announced today that they would not be renewing their contract with CEO Chris Disspain.Disspain has been with auDA since October 2000, being their first CEO and also being involved in the re-delegation of .au to auDA.Here's the full announcement: The Board of auDA (.au Domain Administration Ltd) announced today that it … [Read more...] about Chris Disspain To Leave auDA
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IEDR Opens Public Consultation On IDN Domains
IEDR has launched a public consultation on the introduction of IDN domains in the .ie name space.The consultation period runs from February 21st, 2016, until March 21st, 2016.Up until now only Latin characters have been permitted in .ie domain names, even though one of Ireland's official languages is Irish (gaelic) which uses accented characters. The "fada" is used in … [Read more...] about IEDR Opens Public Consultation On IDN Domains
CENTR Appoints New Board
CENTR, which is the association of European country code top-level domain (ccTLD) registries, recently held its General Assembly in Budva, Montenegro. One of the outcomes of the meeting was the election of a new board.The new board is made up of representatives from the four corners of Europe: CENTR is happy to announce that it has elected its new Board of Directors at the … [Read more...] about CENTR Appoints New Board
EURid Gets .ею (Cyrillic for .eu)
EURid, who run the .eu registry, have finally been delegated .ею (Cyrillic for .eu). Punycode xn--e1a4c.One of the things that EURid is chartered to do under its contract to the European Commission was to get the extension in scripts other than Latin.EURid used ICANN's IDN ccTLD "Fast Track" process, though whether the process is truly "fast" or not is debatable, as it … [Read more...] about EURid Gets .ею (Cyrillic for .eu)
IE Tops 200k Registrations & Release First Domain Profile Report
IEDR, who run the .ie ccTLD, have produced their first "Domain Profile Report". The report's publication comes as the registry reports surpassing the 200 thousand domain names mark. The milestone was reached earlier this year, though IEDR are only focussing on it now.The new report breaks down registrations by location and type of registrant, as well as exploring which … [Read more...] about IE Tops 200k Registrations & Release First Domain Profile Report
Australian ccTLD Opens Consultation On Direct Registrations
Over the past couple of years several ccTLDs have revised their policies to allow registrations at the top level. Now auDA (.au Domain Administration) has opened a consultation process on this question as well.The background material for the consultation process includes a paper prepared by the Names Policy Panel which looks at the history and structure of the .au … [Read more...] about Australian ccTLD Opens Consultation On Direct Registrations
USTLD Stakeholder Council Organise “Town Hall”
The .us ccTLD, which is run by Neustar under contract to the US government recently established a Stakeholder Council.The Council's role is to help provide guidance and input to the registry on how to run the namespace.(Disclosure: I'm one of the members)As one of the council's activities is to garner input from the broader stakeholder community it has been decided … [Read more...] about USTLD Stakeholder Council Organise “Town Hall”
CENTR Members Pass 70 Million Domains Milestone
CENTR, which is the association for European ccTLDs, has announced that its members, which are all country code top level domain registries, have surpassed the 70 million domains mark.The number of registrations comes from 57 ccTLDs and IDN ccTLDs in 49 countries.They've produced a graphic to illustrate the milestone:More details on the CENTR site. … [Read more...] about CENTR Members Pass 70 Million Domains Milestone
IANA Explained [Video]
Unless you've been hiding under for the last few months you'll know that the IANA transition is a hot topic in internet governance circlesOf course while there has been numerous meetings, thousands of emails, more meetings, media coverage and plenty of conversations about the topic, there are probably still quite a few people who don't fully understand what IANA is and, … [Read more...] about IANA Explained [Video]
Mauritius Government Gets Into Dispute Over Key Domain Name
Domain names expire, drop and get re-registered all the time. It's normal.However, governments are usually very conservative about how they handle domain names. A government department is more likely to hold on to a domain name for several years after they've stopped using it rather than "release" it too early.According to this article, however, the government of … [Read more...] about Mauritius Government Gets Into Dispute Over Key Domain Name