ICANN has published a letter from Microsoft.com which is objecting to closed generic strings. Here is the letter sent from the Assistant General Counsel , Trademarks Microsoft Corporation, Russell Pangborn: ”Re: Closed Generic Top-Level Domains (TLDs) read more
The New gTLD Registry Agreement is the contractual document between successful New gTLD Applicants and ICANN, and will govern the rights and obligations of new gTLD registry operators. ICANN proposes to revise the New gTLD Registry Agreement in connection with developments since the last posting of the Applicant Guidebook in June 2012 and a general …
This hearing will be held jointly with the Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade and the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations read more
An important talk every TLD applicant should have with their back-end provider. New top-level domain applicants are getting plenty of advice nowadays about how to launch their new Registry. In addition to thinking about their branding and distribution, they should also be thinking about their business practices with Registrars. read more
In December 2012, ICANN announced the start of work to collect and publish data which would help correlate performance of L-Root with growth in the root zone. The first set of measurements concerned with identifying growth in the root zone, was published last month. read more
ICANN is seeking public comment on the subject of “closed generic” gTLD applications and whether specific requirements should be adopted corresponding to this type of application. Stakeholder views are invited to help define and consider this issue. In particular, comments would be helpful in regard to proposed objective criteria for read more
This gadget or app will succeed and this or that trend will become popular. However, isolated tech trend spotting somehow fails to capture a bigger picture. What follows is a fictional attempt to imagine some of the changes that will happen over the next five years and how these will inter-relate with technology. read more
Kenya’s $10 billion Silicon Savannah dream has finally become a dream come true true, President Kibaki commissioned the first Technology City in Africa last week before vacating office The project is expected to transform Kenya into a “Silicon Savannah,” the Silicon Valley of Africa if you will,it is financed through a partnership between the government and …
Vodacom Tanzania has announced that it would have the second stage of its backbone 3G link up and running by April 2013. The company also added that it would be operational at that time and deliver faster and more secure connections to its users. read more
In the framework of the ccNSO Policy Development Process on IDN ccTLD‘s the purpose of the Interim Report [PDF, 556 KB] is to report on and seek feed-back on feasible recommendations for overall policy for the selection of IDN country code Top Level Domains strings (IDN ccTLD‘s) and the inclusion of IDN ccTLD managers in …