Country Code TLDs

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 …

.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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The CENTRstats Global TLD Report Q1/2021 has been published. It covers the global status and registration trends in all top-level domains (legacy gTLDs, new gTLDs and ccTLDs), with a specific focus on the European ccTLD market. …

For several years now, EURid (the .EU registry) has been running two yearly categorisation exercises regarding the use of .eu. Throughout April, they deployed the first exercise of 2021 to understand possible new patterns within …

EURid, the .eu registry, published its 2020 annual report that shows a 2.2% yearly growth. The bi-yearly registrar satisfaction survey showed 97% satisfaction rate among EURid registrars. Here is the complete 2020 EURid/.EU report:

Overview of global trends and an analysis of the mechanisms at work during the health crisis. The global domain name market accounted for approximately 349 million domain names at the end of December 2020, up 1.3% compared …

Yesterday EURid, the .eu registry, sent the final reminder to all registrars and their UK registrants whose .eu domain names were SUSPENDED on 1 January 2021.The reminder states that unless registration details are updated by …

EURid released its Q1 2021 progress report, sharing its quarterly statistics and developments. Highlights include: 186,488 new domain name registrations recorded; Ireland tops the list of countries for registration growth at +9.3%; An average renewal …

Nominet each year visualizes the size and influence of the different national registries – those running country code Top Level Domains (ccTLD) – in The Online World map using the domain name registration volume. The …

The .ME Registry acted quickly in 2020 and on March 4th, 2020 they made the majority of its .ME premium domains available to anyone. Because of that a bit more than a year after the …

The .gr registry announced that .gr reached a new milestone on April 21, 2021. There are now more than 500.000 .gr domain names registered. In the past 10 years .gr domain registrations almost doubled. The …