Tag: Internationalized domain name

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.… Continue reading IEDR Opens Public Consultation On IDN Domains

Gmail Now Supports IDN Email

If your first language isn’t English and you don’t use the Latin character set you can and will run into barriers. While IDN domain names ie. domain names where either the left of the dot, the right of the dot or the entire string is in characters other than Latin ones, do exist and have… Continue reading Gmail Now Supports IDN Email

Belgian Country Code Now Supports IDN

Earlier this week dns.be launched IDNs (internationalised domain names). The Belgian registry opted to support the accented characters for Dutch, French and German. In so doing they’ve also ended up providing support for other European languages, such as Swedish, Finnish and Danish. The characters supported are below: ß* à á â ã ó ô þ… Continue reading Belgian Country Code Now Supports IDN

CIRA Goes Large on Marketing And PR For Launch of French Language IDN

.ca take over the front of La Presse

CIRA, the registry operator for the Canadian ccTLD .ca, is raising its profile at the moment. They’ve taken over the frontpage of  La Presse today, though it’s not viewable form outside Canada: Why are they doing this? Very simply it’s all related back to the launch of IDNs in .ca in order to support French… Continue reading CIRA Goes Large on Marketing And PR For Launch of French Language IDN

Digging Into New TLDs

With the release of the new TLD applicant and application list there’s a huge amount of data available. You can download the information from the ICANN site or browse it online. However with nearly two thousand applications it’s pretty awkward to see some of the data quickly and easily. With that in mind we (Blacknight)… Continue reading Digging Into New TLDs

So Which New TLD Applicants Claim To Be Irish?

The technology media today is swamped with coverage of the new TLD “reveal” in London. Since I’m based in Ireland I thought I’d have a closer look at the “Irish” applicants. There aren’t that many: Afilias Limited Afilias Domains No. 1 Limited IRB Strategic Developments Limited TLD REGISTRY LIMITED Accenture Global Services Limited The two… Continue reading So Which New TLD Applicants Claim To Be Irish?

New TLD Event To Be Held In Bulgaria

With the countdown towards the opening of the application window on new TLDs next January draws closer the number of new TLD related events is growing. In November there will be a one day event on new TLDs in Sofia, Bulgaria.   At the moment the timetable covers topics such as: intellectual property IDNs IPv6… Continue reading New TLD Event To Be Held In Bulgaria

IDN Scaremongering – Mashable and Times Online Screw Up

IDNs might be a slightly “hot” topic at the moment following on from ICANN’s launch of the IDN cctld program recently. However, IDNs are NOT a new topic. Far from it. They’ve been around for quite some time. Unfortunately neither The Times Online or Mashable seem to have done any homework. Considering the amount of… Continue reading IDN Scaremongering – Mashable and Times Online Screw Up

EU IDNs – Some Governments Still Don’t Get It!

Image via Wikipedia When .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… Continue reading EU IDNs – Some Governments Still Don’t Get It!

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