Nominet has joined the ranks of those registry operators who have embraced the much vaunted and possibly hyped, "social media".In the last few weeks the UK registry operator has started using two Twitter accounts and its Facebook page to interact with its members (and other interested parties).Based on member feedback they have also started sending out technical notifications … [Read more...] about Nominet Goes Social
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AFNIC Brings Gallic Humour To Online Campaign
AFNIC's latest online and TV campaign to promote .fr may not be the most amusing thing you'll ever see, but it's still amusing to a point. Here's the long version of their advert:In French - sorry ! Subtitles available! … [Read more...] about AFNIC Brings Gallic Humour To Online Campaign
dotCM Go Live Announced (Again!)
The "go live" for .cm has been announced (again!)This time round the date and time are:September 18, 2009 at 08:00am UTCAccording to an email sent out earlier this morning Netcom, who run .cm, have moved the registry platform outside COCCA and are running their own version. Whether they have managed to resolve the stability issues that were of concern to COCCA is not clear. … [Read more...] about dotCM Go Live Announced (Again!)
Swiss Registry To Compete Against Its Clients
The Swiss ccTLD operator, Switch, has announced the launch of a new company and service called "SwitchPlus".The new entity is a wholly owned subsidiary of Switch and is aimed at providing a range of services that would, essentially, compete against the registry operator's clientele - namely registrar, hosting providers and IT service companies.The Swiss operator claims that … [Read more...] about Swiss Registry To Compete Against Its Clients
dotMobi To Offer IDN In 2009
DotMobi will be launching IDNs in simplified Chinese during the second quarter of 2009.IDNs (Internationalised Domain Names) allow domains to be registered (and accessed) using non-ASCII characters.If you want to get a basic overview of IDNs check out the WikiPedia entry, or head over to the section on the ICANN site.Related articles by ZemantaWhat Makes dotmobi and … [Read more...] about dotMobi To Offer IDN In 2009
More Nominet Jigs and Reels
In the lead up to Nominet's AGM earlier this year I mentioned some of the squabbling.While we may have had a respite, it's now "open season" once again.The latest news is that some people are pushing a vote of no confidence in the current Nominet board and demanding that an EGM be called.What exactly happened?As usual trying to make sense of any debacles that breakout on the … [Read more...] about More Nominet Jigs and Reels
ICANN Shares Even More Data With Users
ICANN may have its flaws, but transparency is one area where they have been making some fantastic progress.ICANN has just announced a range of new material available to the public via the "dashboard"You can now easily see all sorts of statistics and graphs related to registry activity, finances and more. Pretty cool!Related articles by ZemantaICANN Domain Tasting DeadlineICANN … [Read more...] about ICANN Shares Even More Data With Users
ICANN Domain Tasting Deadline
Stephane has an interesting post on the possible end of domain tasting.While the debate around domain tasting has been going on for quite some time ICANN can be a very slow moving beast. In some ways it moves far too slow, but when you consider the range of different opinions that have to be taken into consideration for such a significant policy change to come into effect it's … [Read more...] about ICANN Domain Tasting Deadline
Telnic Launches Beta of vip.tel service at Demo
According to a press release I got earlier this afternoon, Telnic is launching a beta of its vip.tel program. Unfortunately the press release was a bit vague on the details.I've had demos of the .tel system from various members of the Telnic team and I love the idea. I really really think .tel could be huge!The text of today's press release is below - maybe you'll have more … [Read more...] about Telnic Launches Beta of vip.tel service at Demo
Crazy ccTLD Price Hikes?
Image via Wikipedia Jackie Liu's post on CircleID raises some very interesting questions, though whether or not any answers will be forthcoming or not is a totally different matter.While a lot of ccTLDs are dropping their wholesale rates others are raising them (or have raised them).The problem, as Liu points out, is that registrants aren't consulted about the price hikes or … [Read more...] about Crazy ccTLD Price Hikes?