The Internet Society (ISOC) and the Infocomm Technology Association of the Philippines (ITAP) has organized a conference to discuss the potential changes to the Internet Read More
A historic land rush is underway for vast new swaths of the Internet: Amazon has bid for control of all the Web addresses that end with “.book.” Google wants “.buy.” Allstate wants “.carinsurance.” Read More
We have been taking an active interest in the development of the new TLD program by ICANN and excited by the many opportunities and challenges that this “opening up” will bring to us, our customers and the internet ecosystem as a whole. Read More
LOS ANGELES, California – Fadi Chehadé officially assumed the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). He assumed his position two weeks ahead of his planned start date. Read More
“I don’t think I can solve issues that have been going on for centuries,” Akram Atallah, interim head of Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), told Reuters. Read More
Rwanda looks set to gain control over its own web domain, “.rw” (ccTLD) after a seven-year long process of transferring it from Belgium. Rwanda Information Communication Technology Association (RICTA) is set to manage the government’s web domain after using formal procedures to apply for its repatriation. Read More
“Almost all African countries are in the process of connecting up to the glass fiber optic network,” Badiel told DW. “Data transmission via fiber optics is far better than the old microwave system they used to have,” he said. Read More
The global Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2012 holds at Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan, from 6th to 9th November, 2012, but the preparatory stakeholders’ forum is slated for September 25, 2012 in Abuja. The theme of the Global IGF 2012 is “Internet Governance for Sustainable Human, Economic and Social Development”. Read More
Signifying another milestone for the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector, the number of registrations for the .ae Domain Administration (.aeDA) has reached 100,000 Read More
Speaking to The Times of Israel about the new initiative, park owner Menachem Goldberg said he was keen to give visitors the chance to upload photos and post tweets about their experience at the Village of Yore in real time – while being carried around on one of the park’s donkeys. Read more: