Tag Archives: ICANN

The “Hartford Fire Insurance Company” has withdrawn it’s application for the sting .thehartford. This makes it the 1st new gTLD with assigned prioritization number and the 14th string in total to withdraw. The string received …

ICANN sent three notices of termination of registrar accreditation agreement today 11th of February 2013. The three registrars are: Central Registrar, Inc. DBA Domainmonger.com’s (“Domainmonger.com”) (accredited since 4 October 2010) R. Lee Chambers Company LLC …

ICANN’s Latin American and Caribbean Working Group met at the Internet Hub for Latin America and the Caribbean in Montevideo, Uruguay, 6-7 February 2013. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the …

ICANN will participate with the regional IG community in two upcoming multi-stakeholder internet governance events in the Middle East and Africa in March 2013. These events will be attended by regional leaders from government, the …

In a letter dated 31st of January 2013 Microsoft asked ICANN to consider requiring applicants for closed generic TLDs to either open the TLD or withdraw for a full refund. Microsoft expressed their concern, similar …

ICANN sent a notice of breach to Israeli registrar Black Ice Domains. As of 5 February 2013, Black Ice Domains, Inc. is in breach of its Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) with the Internet Corporation for …

Verisign sent a letter to ICANN about an upcoming fee change in .name domain names. The letter notifies ICANN and all .name ICANN accredited registrars about the registry price increase for .name domain names that …

ICANN hosted the Europe Regional Registry/Registrar Meeting in Amsterdam on 24-25 January 2013 and said that it exceeded expectations. The recently completed Europe Regional Registry/Registrar Meeting held in Amsterdam exceeded all previous regional meetings in …

ICANN will run a Webinar on new IDN TLDs on the 13th February 2013 called “Examining the UX Implication of the Active Variant TLDs”. Here are the complete details on what the webinar is about …

Craig Schwartz that is the Director of fTLD Registry Services, LLC sent a letter to Ms. Christine Willett, General Manager of the New gTLD Program at ICANN asking for an extension to the objection filing …

ICANN announced that there is a lot of interest in the regional Registry Registrar meeting, taking place in Amsterdam January 24th and 25th 2013. With over 240 registrants, this is by far the most attended regional …

Last week ICANN send notices of breach to 10 accredited registrars because they were in breach of their Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). One of the …

ICANN announced that they have added a new online service to help community members request expert speakers from ICANN to participate in events worldwide. The Speakers Bureau Request form, accessible through the CONTACT page on …

As of 11 January 2013, 10 ICANN accredited registrar are in breach of their Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). ICANN requests that these 10 registrars cure …