Country Code TLDs

Afnic has published its 2017 study on the global domain name market, based on ICANN statistics, registry figures, specialized site information and internal research: At the end of 2017, the global domain name market represented …

The .CO country code top-level domain (ccTLD) has been approved by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) to proceed with full commercial operations in China. This allows Chinese entrepreneurs and companies who own …

On 21 June 2018, EURid, the .EU registry, suspended 11,760 domain names that were registered with non-eligible registration data, of which some have been reported for abuse. With actions as such, .EU says that its …

Verisign released the latest issue of the Domain Name Industry Brief, which showed that the first quarter of 2018 closed with approximately 333.8 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs),  an increase of  approximately …

The .EU registry announced how they are going to treat whois details and what will be publicly published after GDPR goes into full effect today. Their plan is more sensible than many other registries even …

To comply with the European GDPR Directive, ISNIC will, before May 25th, stop publishing names, addresses and telephone numbers of personal contacts by default  from the ISNIC WHOIS database. Customers (individuals) who wish to continue …

In preparation for the enforcement date of 25 May 2018, Nominet conducted a review into how EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will affect its operations. A number of proposed changes were published for comment …

EURid released its Annual Report, which contains an overview of statistics, achievements, and financials from 2017. Compared to 2016, total, net registrations grew by 52,085 (from 3762970 to 3815055), the average renewal rate rose by …

The European Commission has issued a communication concerning Brexit and the .eu TLD. The communication states that, based on the United Kingdom’s intent to withdraw from the European Union, undertakings and organisations that are established …

China has added many 2nd level domains to the .cn ccTLD extension. Allegravita wrote a blog post explaining the latest changes to Chinese domain names. “The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) of China …

The DomainWire Global TLD Stat Report Q4/2017 has been published. The report covers the global status and registration trends in all top-level domains (legacy gTLDs, new gTLDs and ccTLDs), with additional focus on the European …

Gauss Research Laboratories, the .PR ccTLD manager, announced that it has selected Afilias, a leading domain registry operator, to provide technical services to support Puerto Rico’s country code top level domain (ccTLD) on the Internet, …

Afilias Australia Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Afilias plc, has been appointed to provide registry services for the .au domain from 1 July 2018 as part of auDA’s Registry Transformation Project. Afilias was one …

CentralNic announced today that the acquisition of SK-NIC, the manager of the exclusive country code top-level domain for Slovakia, .sk, has now been completed. The Company’s agreement to acquire SK-NIC, the manager of the exclusive …