GAC, Inside Out: When GAC Members Abuse ICANN Procedures… - This post has been Published by CircleID on behalf of the author who has requested to remain anonymous. There is no doubt that the new gTLD program has been the most encouraging revolutionary program in the history of internet. As everybody expected, there have been lots of positive and negative insights about this program in recent years and during the process of development of the program, pushing ICANN to be very conservative in its program in order to satisfy all internet stakeholders. A ... read more ...

Radix’s Uncontested .host GTLD Passes ICANN’s Initial Evaluation, Set To Go … - Submit |RSS|Print|Comments Loading... AUSTIN, Texas and DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: Radix Registry is pleased to announce that its bid for the operation of the generic top level domain (gTLD) .host has passed the initial evaluation stage in the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’ (ICANN) new gTLD program. The .host gTLD is one of three uncontested applications amongst the 31 new gTLDs that Radix has applied for and is scheduled to go live in January 2014. Incidentally, ... read more ...

Radix’s Uncontested .host gTLD Passes ICANN’s Initial Evaluation, Set to Go … - Dubai, United Arab Emirates, July 07, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Radix Registry is pleased to announce that its bid for the operation of the generic top level domain (gTLD) .host has passed the initial evaluation stage in the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’ (ICANN) new gTLD program. The .host gTLD is one of three uncontested applications amongst the 31 new gTLDs that Radix has applied for and is scheduled to go live in January 2014. Incidentally, Radix happens to be the largest applicant ... read more ...

Google’s .App Draws Fire From The Association for Competitive Technology - Google’s new gTLD application to operate the .APP new gTLD come under fire yesterday by the The Association for Competitive Technology (ACT). In a  a letter to Dr. Stephen D. Crocker Chairman of the Board of Directors and  Mr. Fadi Chehadé President and CEO of  ICANN, Jonathan Zuck President of the The Association for Competitive Technology which boosts having over 5,000 small and mid-size mobile application “app” developers and information technology firms. “ACT is an international ... read more ...

Radix’s Uncontested . host GTLD Passes ICANN’s Initial Evaluation , Set to Go … - Radix’s Uncontested .host GTLD Passes ICANN’s Initial Evaluation, Set to Go Live in January 2014 Details WhaTech Channel: Internet Published: Saturday, 06 July 2013 02:06 Submitted by Abhijit Dara Press Release from: RADIX - gTLD Registry Read: 49 times Radix Registry is pleased to announce that its bid for the operation ... read more ...

Update on Initial Evaluation Result for .Africa Application - The Initial Evaluation result for DotConnectAfrica Trust's application for the .Africa domain name string with prioritization draw number 1005 was released by the ICANN new gTLD Customer Service Centre on Thursday, 4th July 2013. DCA's .Africa application passed all the Evaluation Panels including the technical, operational and financial evaluation criteria, but the Geographic Names Panel (GNP) Evaluation for the application was not completed. This led to the designation of an 'Incomplete' ... read more ...

Will the new gTLD programme impact your brand management strategy? - The introduction of a new generic Top-Level Domain Name (gTLD) regime is set to alter the way in which companies formulate their brand management strategies. Pre-empting these changes may prove vital to establishing a strong online presence. What’s Happening? ICAAN, the organisation charged with ensuring the proper regulation of global domain name registrations, is set to introduce new generic top level domains (gTLDs) such as ‘.accountant’, ‘.health’, ‘.sports’ and ‘.food’. ... read more ...

The "Dot-Brand" Explosion: What You Need To Do Now - Earlier this year the company that manages the global internet address system (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN) accepted the first round of applications for new “generic top level domains,” or gTLDs – the part of an address that goes to the right of the dot. Most businesses register domain names that use the familiar “.com” suffix or one of a handful of other available options such as “.org” or “.biz.” The new program makes it possible to register ... read more ...

DiaMatrix leads SA ISPs – DiaMatrix Press Office - [Johannesburg, 4 July 2013] - DiaMatrix launched its new domains.co.za Web site at the beginning of this year. Following hot on the heels of this launch, it is the first ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) accredited SA registrar to offer a pre-registration service for the soon-to-be-launched new gTLDs. Internet access is continually growing worldwide, as more countries enhance their connectivity infrastructures. This has led to ICANN allowing more than ... read more ...

NGPC Progress on Addressing GAC Beijing Advice on New gTLDs – ag-IP - MARINA DEL REY, CA - On 2 July 2013, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) had its seventh meeting to discuss the GAC Beijing advice on New gTLDs. According to ICANN, the Committee took the following actions: 1. Initial Protections for IGO Protections In the Beijing Communiqué, the GAC reiterated previous advice that "appropriate preventative initial protection for the IGO names and acronyms on the provided list be in place before ... read more ...

ICANN Board Resolutions May Enable New gTLDs to Potentially Launch in Fall - In an attempt to appease the Governmental Advisory Committee, ICANN's New gTLD Program Committee directed ICANN staff to amend the Registry Agreement so that all New gTLD Registries will be required to include a provision in its Registry-Registrar Agreement that requires Registrars to include in their Registration Agreement a provision prohibiting Registered Name Holders from distributing malware, abusively operating botnets, phishing, piracy, trademark or copyright infringement, fraudulent ... read more ...

New web addressing system turmoil for trademark owners as ICANN revamp … - Every director of a company with a web presence will know how important the right domain name is to their business. That’s why a new plan to expand the domain name system may soon cause a new round of havoc for trademark owners. The current domain name system uses a combination of generic top-level domains (gTLDs) like .com, .net, and .org and country code top-level domains, (ccTLDs) like .co.uk and .co.br. ICANN is revamping the gTLD system in the most significant overhaul since its inception. ... read more ...

1&1 Launches New gTLD Pre-Reservation Portal - 11 Internet, Inc., a global leader among Web hosting providers, today launched a new portal offering pre-reservation for the latest generation of Internet addresses or ‘new gTLDs’. The new wave of domains will see many attractive new endings to be launched such as .tech, .shop, .blog, .music and .web. 11’s portal offers the chance to express interest in registering such domains and provides a range of informative advice and news on the subject. The new domains will play ... read more ...

Dollars From Donuts: New gTLD Registry Operator Invests in More People and … - Those joining Donuts in the new Calabasas office are: Bob Samuelson – Vice President Sales Marketing – Most recently with Adobe Systems, Samuelson brings more than a decade of experience in the Internet and ... read more ...

ICANN suspends closed generic top level domain bids - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Numbers and Names (ICANN) has put on hold a controversial decision to allot closed generic Top Level Domains (gTLD) to applicants. Governments and activists had feared that allotting such generic domains would lead to a global corporate monopoly over the World Wide Web, by claiming exclusive rights for domains such as .book or .beauty.“Hopefully this is the end for closed generic Top Level Domains applications and it is a victory for those who have raised ... read more ...

1 & 1 Jumps Into The New gTLD “Pre-Order” Game - 11 Internet Ltd, become the latest registrar to start accepting “pre-orders” or expressions of interest in new gTLDs. In a press release 1 1 says: “The new wave of domains will see scores of attractive new endings to be launched such as .london, .restaurant, .rugby, .shop and .web. 11’s portal offers the chance to express interest in registering such domains, and provides a range of informative advice and news on the subject. ” “Over the next 3 years, the creation of more than 1000 ... read more ...

InterNetX Wins The Eco Internet Award With DomainShop - Submit |RSS|Print|Comments Loading... (Cologne – Regensburg, July 01, 2013) – DomainShop from InterNetX was distinguished with the eco Internet Award in the category “Domain DNS” at the eco Gala 2013 in Cologne. The gala took place in the congress center KölnSKY. The expert IT jury honored DomainShop as the best-developed solution for the introduction of new gTLDs in 2013/2014, stating, “DomainShop is the most comprehensive e-commerce solution on the market for domain resellers ... read more ...

Web breakthrough unveiled - The agency in charge of website addresses passed a major milestone Friday on the path to broadening the world of domain names by the end of this year.The board of US-based Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) touted freshly approved benefits and responsibilities for registrars that essentially act as domain name wholesalers.Changes to contractually enforceable rules include requiring registrars to confirm phone numbers or addresses of those buying domain names within 15 days."People ... read more ...

Famous Four Media Is Blinding Us With .Science - Famous Four Media is set to operate the .SCIENCE Top Level Domain Thursday, 27nbsp; June 2013, Gibraltar:nbsp;Famous Four Media, a global leader in the provision of generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs), today announced that dot Science Limited, a registry operator that it manages, is the only applicant left for the .SCIENCE suffix following the withdrawal of the other applicant. According to the CIA World Factbook, there are 7 billion people on planet Earth and if, in the words of Albert ... read more ...