ICANN has filed a motion to quash in a US court today. The filing is in relation to a court case being brought by victims of terrorism who are trying to get assets of the countries involved. One of the assets that they were trying to go after were the ccTLDs and and IP address… Continue reading ICANN Tells US Court Country Codes NOT Property
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IEDR Announce Longer Opening Hours
IEDR, who run the .ie ccTLD’s operations, have announced longer opening hours. In an email to registrars this morning the company announced that they would be extending their opening hours during weekdays, as well as introducing half days on Saturdays. Registration Services will operate from 8.00am to 6.30pm, Monday to Friday (please note that the… Continue reading IEDR Announce Longer Opening Hours
.Us ccTLD Adopting URS From July 1 2014
Neustar, who run the backend registry operations for .us and others, announced yesterday that the .us ccTLD will be adopting the URS from July 1st 2014. The URS is a shorter and cheaper method of lodging a domain name dispute than the UDRP. Of course it’s .us, so the terminology is a little different. In… Continue reading .Us ccTLD Adopting URS From July 1 2014
Welsh New TLDs To Launch September
Nominet are involved in several new TLDs, but they are going to be running the new TLDs for Wales. Earlier today Nominet confirmed the launch date for both .cymru and .wales – September 1st 2014. The launch will be done in phases with general availability (GA) being planned for Q1 2015 Here’s the launch phases:… Continue reading Welsh New TLDs To Launch September
Norwegian ccTLD To Open Up To Private Individuals
Norid, the ccTLD registry of Norway, has announced that they will be changing their policies in order to allow private individuals to register .no domain names. The changes come after the registry conducted a public consultation earlier this year. The new policy will come into effect on June 17th 2014 at 10 am local time.… Continue reading Norwegian ccTLD To Open Up To Private Individuals
CIRA Signs Deal With DomainsBot to Offer Domain Suggestions
CIRA, the .ca domain registry, has announced that they will be offering Domainsbot’s domain name suggestion technology for .ca domain names. It’ll be interesting to see if other ccTLD registries will follow suit. Traditionally many of the country code operators have resisted granting access to their zone files which is a key requirement to enable… Continue reading CIRA Signs Deal With DomainsBot to Offer Domain Suggestions
IEDR Hiring
The IEDR is hiring to fill a couple of roles. One of the roles is “Registration Services Administrator” which sounds like an entry level position (€23k / year) processing new domain name registrations and transfers: Reviewing, authenticating and processing automated applications (tickets) for new registrations received from customers, and ensuring these applications are in compliance… Continue reading IEDR Hiring
IEDR Publish 2012 Domain Figures
IEDR have published their latest annual report which covers the period up to the end of 2012. Here’s a few of the highlights: Renewal rate of 86% Total .ie domains at year-end of 182,284, up 5.3% year-on-year New .ie domain registrations down 15% on 2011 By way of comparison the .no domain registry (Norway) currently… Continue reading IEDR Publish 2012 Domain Figures
Domaining Spain Day One
Domaining Spain is taking place today and tomorrow in Valencia. Speakers from the four corners of the globe are addressing a predominately European audience on domains, domaining, new TLDs and related topics. The full agenda is here Related articles The Domains In Spain Fall Mainly On .. (blacknight.com) Domaining Spain heads to Valencia next month… Continue reading Domaining Spain Day One
More DotConnectAfrica Fun And Games
If you’ve been following the ICANN new TLD program over the last couple of years you’ll probably be aware of some of the applications and the applicants. However in the case of the competing bids for the .africa string the competitors, or at least one of them, has brought more “colour” to the proceedings than… Continue reading More DotConnectAfrica Fun And Games