At 31 December 2013 the .fr TLD represented 2,716,027 domain names, an increase of 8.2% in 2013. Although this performance remains higher than the average for the world market (7.1 % according to our estimates), …
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Smartphone Nokia Normandy soon to be released – NokiaNormandy.com is gone
Nokia Normandy, the company’s first and only Android smartphone is about to be released. It is likely that Nokia may launch its first Android smartphone during MWC in March. Normandy is a low-cost smartphone that would …
Read More »Nominet plans to suspend or de-register .uk domain names that promote serious sexual offences
Nominet announced today that it plans to update the .uk domain name registration policy so that it can suspend or de-register .uk domain names that promote serious sexual offenses. Although Nominet says that it will …
Read More »Total registrations of Top Level Domains (TLDs) at 270 million – ccTLD market share increases
CENTR has published its latest stat report for December 2013. CENTR is the association of Internet Country Code Top Level Domain Registries such as .uk in the United Kingdom and .es in Spain. CENTR has 52 …
Read More ».eu extends to Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway today 8 January 2014
Residents, companies and organisations based in the European Economic Area (EEA) countries of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway are eligible to register domain names under the .eu top-level domain from today, 8 January 2014, at 10:00 …
Read More ».ee domain price lowered down to €12 ($16.33) from January 1st
The Estonian Internet Foundation lowered the price of a .ee domain by 20% from the 1st of January 2014, i.e. down to €12 or $16.33. .ee is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) of Estonia. .ee …
Read More »ccTLD Registrations: CENTR members grow 2.3% compared with 1.8% for gTLDs globally
CENTR has published its latest ccTLD newsletter for December 2013. CENTR is the association of Internet Country Code Top Level Domain Registries such as .uk in the United Kingdom and .es in Spain. CENTR has 52 …
Read More »Prince Charles gets PrinceOfWales.UK while Nominet also delegates royal.uk, supremecourt.uk and jcpc.uk
Nominet has delegated the new second-level .uk domain names royal.uk, princeofwales.uk, supremecourt.uk and jcpc.uk to the Royal Household, the Household of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, the Supreme Court of the …
Read More ».eu Q3 report by EURid registry: registrations are stable, Germany is still #1
During Q3 2013, the number of .eu registrations decreased by 3 051 domain names, a net decrease of -0.1%, to 3.70 million. The total number of .eu domain name registered at the end of Q3 …
Read More »Sedo sells Schedule.me for $24,000 USD
Sedo just announced the sale of the domain Schedule.me for $24,000 USD. The domain was originally registered in 2008. The domain was bought by an individual living in Charlotte, US and is currently still using the …
Read More »SnapNames Launches .CO.UK and .CN Domain Backorders and Auctions
SnapNames announced today that .CO.UK and .CN domain names are now available for drop-catching through its online marketplace. .CO.UK and .CN are the world’s third and fourth most popular country code top-level domain (ccTLD) extensions. Here …
Read More »Romania plans to introduce yearly renewal fee for .ro domain names
A recent Government proposal calls that owners of Romanian .ro domain names should pay an annual fee starting next year, to renew ownership of their domain. It is not yet clear what the renewal fee …
Read More ».uk Registrar Conference ‘The changing UK internet landscape’ announced by Nominet
Nominet announced their next .uk Registrar Conference that will take place on Wednesday 5th March at the Royal College of General Practitioners in London. Nominet and its registrars are all adapting to a changing domain …
Read More »ICANN Signs an Accountability Framework with the ccTLD manager for .ME (Montenegro)
ICANN has announced today that it has signed an Accountability Framework with the country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) manager for .ME (Montenegro), the Ministry for Information Society and Telecommunications of Montenegro, on 13 May 2013. The Accountability Framework program provides two mechanisms by which ccTLD managers can …
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