Tag Archives: ICANN

Today, Neustar Inc. (NYSE:NSR) announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce has awarded the company the contract to continue administering the .US Top Level Domain (TLD), the official country code domain of the United States. …

ICANN announced today the upcoming launch of the new Global Domains Division (GDD) Portal, which is anticipated to go live in mid-March 2014. This new tool provides a centralized location for new gTLD Registry Operators …

The new* ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) and registrar agreement requires all domain name owners to verify their contact details. According to the new rule, email verification is required so that domains …

ICANN did a blog post today reassuring European Registrars about the Data Retention Specification of 2013 RAA. Some people from the US may not understand how big the problem is here in the EU. The …

ICANN announced that 10 more New gTLDs were delegated for a total of 160 new gTLD strings. The 10 new gTLDs are: .CHRISTMAS, .PUB ,.ACTOR ,.SUPPLIES ,.FISH, .VACATIONS, .INDUSTRIES, .SUPPLY, .дети (xn--d1acj3b) – Russian for “kids/deti”, .삼성 …

China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) has been approved by ICANN to provide data escrow services to new gTLD Registry Operators. All new gTLD Registry Operators are required to regularly deposit a backup copy of …

ICANN announced that 6 more New gTLDs were delegated for a total of 150 new gTLD strings. The 6 new gTLDs are: .XYZ, .WIKI, .NEUSTAR, .MANGO, .QPON, .بازار (xn--mgbab2bd) – Arabic for “bazaar/bazar” Check out …

Last summer, ICANN announced the 2013 RAA, which was created to foster transparency and accountability in the domain name industry. The RAA is the contract registrars sign with ICANN that outlines the rules they agree …

ICANN announced that Nominet recently signed an agreement to act as Emergency Back-End Registry Operator (EBERO) for new gTLDs. EBERO service providers offer an additional layer of protection to the Domain Name System (DNS). Should …

ICANN announced that on February 11th, 10 more New gTLDs were delegated for a total of 144 new gTLD strings. The 10 new gTLDs are: .CARDS, .FOUNDATION, .REVIEWS, .FUTBOL, .VISION, .CONDOS, .VILLAS, .PARTS, .PRODUCTIONS, .MAISON. …

European Commission Commission to pursue role as honest broker in future global negotiations on Internet Governance The European Commission has published its waited for Communication on Internet Governance. In the wake of large-scale Internet surveillance …

ICANN opened a comment period today, 11 February 2014, and until 11 March 2014 to solicit community input regarding a proposed review mechanism to address perceived inconsistent Expert Determinations in the String Confusion Objection process …

ICANN President and Chief Executive Officer Fadi Chehadé has arrived in Beijing for several days of meetings with leaders of China’s Internet and telecommunications community. Chehadé will confer with several Chinese government agencies and representatives …

As of February 4th and 7th 2014, 3 ICANN accredited registrars are in breach of their Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). The breach is because of …