End of the line for .an in Curacao - Curacao The .an country code top-level domain (ccTLD) previously utilised by the Netherlands Antilles will be formally discontinued on 31 October, with the new .cw domain used in its place. Registration of .cw domains was made available from 1 February 2012, while the removal of inactive .an domain names started in earnest on 31 December 2013. The ccTLD is managed by the Computer Centre at the University of Curacao. As previously reported by TeleGeography’s CommsUpdate, fellow former Netherlands ... read more ...

China.info Sells in Hexonet Drop Auction For $12K - A few days ago noted that the domain name China.info dropped. The domain name was owned by Chinese nic the registry for the China .cn ccTLD. We wrote that the domain name was not caught by any of the big drop catchers but by the domain name registrar hexonet.net. I was informed today by Hexonet.net that the auction between 16 bidders ended today with the winning bid hitting 12,005.00 USD. Nice domain Congrats to the buyer   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...

Uganda Government Moves Towards Top-Level Domain Management - Use of the internet continues to grow rapidly in Uganda. The Uganda Communications Commission’s quarterly report reveals that the country had over eight million internet users by the end of the first quarter of 2014.Now, the government of Uganda is involved in a struggle over who should have the custodial rights to manage the .ug domain, the country’s Country Code Top-Level Domain, (ccTLD), which is currently run by a third party. The domain is currently managed by a privately owned company, ... read more ...

Terror victims a step closer to ‘owning’ Iran’s Internet - Who “owns” the Internet? Israeli attorney Nitsana Darshan-Leitner intends to find out — in order to force ICANN, the US government organization that manages the web, to hand over the domain names of Iranian web sites to the victims of terror attacks perpetrated and funded by Tehran. To do that, she intends to put ICANN through the wringer –examining paperwork and deposing officials — in order to collect on a $1 billion terror bill courts say Iran owes terror victims. This ... read more ...

How two remote Arctic territories became the front line in the battle for internet … - Svalbard's domain name could be set to become a safe habour for privacy-focused services in Norway. Image: ShutterstockVisit a Norwegian website and chances are you'll find it ends in .no – the top level domain for the country. However, the country's domain name authority UNINETT Norid has two more country code top level domains (ccTLDs) up its sleeve. The pair are .sj, which represents two Norwegian territories in the Arctic called Svalbard and Jan Mayen, and .bv, which signifies ... read more ...

CENTR Domain Report: There Are Over 282.5 Million Domain Registered As Of … - As of August 1, 2014 there are 282,525,140 domain name registered in the world. CENTR is the European ccTLD not for profit association dedicated to supporting the interest of country code TLD managers. The objectives of CENTR are to promote and participate in the development of high standards and best practices among ccTLD Registries. CENTR has 52 Full members and 9 Associate members who all together represent around 80% of the total number of ccTLD domain name registrations worldwide” As at ... read more ...

European ccTLDs Have Reached 66.5 Million Registrations, CENTR Reports - According to the latest DomainWire, CENTR's quarterly report, european ccTLDs closed August 2014 with 66.5 million registrations — a net growth of 0.3% over the past 3 months. Chart below shows growth rates (3m averages) for both European ccTLDs and legacy gTLDs over the past 12 months. It suggests a continued trend downward of both TLD types with a stabilization observed since July. Over the past 12 months, European ccTLDs grew 2.8% as compared to 2.6% among legacy gTLDs. The largest ... read more ...

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IDN ccTLD Request from the Republic of Iraq Successfully Passes String … – ag-IP - Home / IDN ccTLD Request from the Republic of Iraq Successfully Passes String ... / LOS ANGELES – The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced the successful completion of String Evaluation on proposed IDN ccTLD string for the Republic of Iraq. Details of the successful evaluation are provided through this link: http://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/fast-track/string-evaluation-completion According to ICANN, the ... read more ...

Scotland Facing Fight for Domain Name -   Scotland has plenty to sort out as its people vote on their future: about currency, the European Union, oil revenue and tax. Now there may be a different thorny problem -- from the world of technology.The country decides on Sept. 18 on whether to stay part of the United Kingdom or declare independence. At present, Scotland has the right to use .UK as its top level domain, the same as users in Wales, England or Northern Ireland.Scotland would surely want its own Country Code Top Level Domain ... read more ...

Scottish vote – has anyone considered the internet angle? - We all know that Scotland will have the opportunity to vote for independence this week. We have heard all the political and financial arguments for and against an independent Scotland, but has anyone considered a more practical issue – what internet domain name would an independent Scotland have? Stuart Fuller, director of commercial operations at NetNames, the online brand protection firm, is someone who has. “Independence would undoubtedly fuel ... read more ...

Scotland has plenty to sort out as its people vote… - Scotland Faces Fight for Domain Name. Scotland has plenty to sort out as its people vote on their future: about currency, the European Union, oil revenue and tax. Now there may be a different thorny problem -- from the world of technology. The country decides on Sept. 18 on whether to stay part of the United Kingdom or declare independence. At present, Scotland has the right to use .UK as its top level domain, the same as users in Wales, England or Northern Ireland. Scotland would surely want ... read more ...

Should we expect a .scot domain name? - With the Scottish referendum fast approaching, currency, the European Union, the NHS, taxation and education have all been discussed at great length – but what about domain names? According to Stuart Fuller, director of commercial operations at NetNames, the online brand protection specialist: “Currently Scotland, as part of the UK, has as much right to claim .UK as its top level domain as anyone in Wales, England or Northern Ireland. However, independence would undoubtedly fuel a conversation ... read more ...

Scotland Faces Fight for Domain Name - Scotland has plenty to sort out as its people vote on their future: about currency, the European Union, oil revenue and tax. Now there may be a different thorny problem -- from the world of technology. The country decides on Sept. 18 on whether to stay part of the United Kingdom or declare independence. At present, Scotland has the right to use .UK as its top level domain, the same as users in Wales, England or Northern Ireland. Scotland would surely want its own Country Code Top Level Domain (or ... read more ...

Indy: NetNames raises issue of domain names - With the Scottish referendum in six days time, an issue not even mentioned is that of domain names.Stuart Fuller, director of commercial operations at NetNames, the online brand protection specialist, has this morning raised with us an issue we confess to not having spotted – and it is one will affect the majority of websites operated here in Scotland.Stuart Fuller says: ‘Currently Scotland, as part of the UK, has as much right to claim .UK as its top level domain as anyone in Wales, England ... read more ...

Nigeria registers 11075 domain names in seven months - Thursday 11 September 2014 | 14:24 CET | News The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), the body charged with managing the country's ccTLD, said it registered over 11,000 domain names between January and July after an awareness campaign . The country's top level domain name (ccTLD) began in 2012. President of NIRA, Mary Uduma ... read more ...

VeriSign’s Top Line Performance To Be Masked By Growth In ccTLDs - VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN) is a provider of registry services for .com and .net domain names, with a market share of approximately 47% in 2013 in the Domain Name System (DNS) market, according to our estimates. The company has a market capitalization of $7.15 billion and reported annual revenues of about $965 million last fiscal year. VeriSign competes with other domain registration service providers such as NeuStar and Afilias. For the six months so far into fiscal year 2014, VeriSign ... read more ...

GoI Launches .भारत (.Bharat) Country Code Top-Level Domain; Availability In 3 … - 5000000Indian Government launched the .भारत (.Bharat) Country Code Top-Level Domain (ccTLD) today in Devanagari script, which also includes eight languages including Hindi, Dogri, Bodo, Maithili, Konkani, Marathi, Nepali and Sindhi. The announcement was made by National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI), and the domain was launched at the hands of Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, who stated that in future more Indian language domains shall be accommodated ... read more ...

.भारत (.Bharat) top-level domain launched - New Delhi: India, with its existing 243 million Internet users, has now got its own .भारत (.Bharat) country code top-level domain (ccTLD) name. The launch of the .भारत ccTLD will help bridge the digital divide and accelerate e-governance. This was announced by the National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI). रजिस्ट्री.भारत is one of the first such domains.NIXI has been spearheading the goal of multilingual Internet and to this end NIXI has ... read more ...

Google Domains shines by being easy to use and privacy focused - In June 2014, Google quietly rolled out a private, invitation-only beta of Google Domains, the company's new venture into becoming a domain registrar, in direct competition with GoDaddy, Moniker, and others. I received an invite to the closed beta, which I accepted. Here's my review of Google Domains.An example transferTransferring a domain to Google Domains is a straightforward process. The user control panel is fast and responsive, and strikes a good balance between offering features and visual ... read more ...