The CENTR Board is following Russian military actions in Ukraine with concern and strongly condemns the violation of international law and Ukraine’s territorial integrity. Ukraine’s national TLD registry is a member of CENTR and CENTR …
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.ME premium domain name report 2021
The .ME registry released its premium domain report for 2021. The registry said that demand for .ME premium names grew throughout 2021 which is one more indicator of the necessity of taking a business online …
Read More »Web Hosting Canada launches .CA domain backordering
Web Hosting Canada has announced the official launch of its .CA domain name backordering platform. Canadians can use the new tool to register .CA domain names the second they expire and before they become available to …
Read More ».TV domains: The government of Tuvalu selected GoDaddy registry
The Government of Tuvalu selected GoDaddy Registry as the new registry service provider for the .TV country code Top-Level domain replacing Verisign. The announcement follows a competitive render process conducted by the ministry of Finance …
Read More ».EU brexit-related domains to be released
All Brexit-related domain names, which were moved to the “WITHDRAWN” status on 1 July 2021, will be revoked and released on Monday, 3 January 2022. About 48,000 domain names will become available for general registration …
Read More »Record low .UK domains suspended by law enforcement
Nominet, the .UK registry, has today published its update on .UK domains suspended for criminal activity over the 12 months to 31 October 2021. Nominet suspends domains following notification from the police or other law enforcement agencies that the domain …
Read More »Nominet appoints Paul Fletcher as CEO
Nominet announced that Paul Fletcher will join as CEO. Paul Fletcher is currently CEO at BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, an organisation with 60,000 members. He will join Nominet in February 2022, bringing vital experience of working with a wide variety of …
Read More ».US Town Hall and the Secure WHOIS Gateway Proposal
The .US ccTLD extension had its live town hall forum with the .US Stakeholder Council. The Town Hall had a rundown of the current state of the domain industry and .US specifically plus policy considerations …
Read More »EURid wins the European Commission call for .eu registry
EURid announced it has again been selected by the European Commission to continue as the .eu TLD`s registry manager through to October 2027. In May of 2021, EURid submitted its application to the EC call …
Read More »Afnic renewed as registry for .fr
Afnic has been reappointed as the registry of .fr. The precise terms and conditions for implementing Afnic’s proposals for the management and development of .fr are currently being drafted as part of a new agreement …
Read More ».FR celebrates its 35th anniversary
.FR, the French top level domain operated by Afnic celebrates its 35th anniversary and continues its growth, which has allowed it to increase by 7% in 2020. The result of 35 years of technical excellence, …
Read More »Q2 2021 closed with 367.3 million domain registrations (down 2.8 million year over year)
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) today announced that the second quarter of 2021 closed with 367.3 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 3.8 million domain name registrations, or 1.0%, compared …
Read More »Nominet announced Andy Green as new Chair of its Board of Directors
Nominet announced the appointment of Andy Green CBE as Chair of its Board of Directors, and Eva Lindqvist as Non-Executive Director. An experienced director, Andy is a National Infrastructure Commissioner and Chair of WaterAid UK …
Read More »Spamhaus Botnet threats: Most abused top-level domains, Q2 2021
This quarter, the Spamhaus researchers have observed a 12% reduction in newly observed botnet command and controllers (C&Cs), which is good news. However, it’s not good news for everyone; more than one industry-leading provider is …
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