According to the Buenosairesherald.com, .Ar domain names, which is the Country Code (ccTLD) for Argentina will go from being free to costing “less than” 200 Argentina Pesos ($25.42 based on today’s official exchange rate) . Starting on March 5 registering a .ar web domain will no longer be free, the national director of the internet …
Exclusive Interview with “.CO” CEO Juan Diego Calle with Robert Schoon latinpost.com The internet is about to erupt with thousands of new domain name extensions, supplementing the familiar “.com” with new website address endings from “.company” to “.photography.” Juan Diego Calle, CEO of “.CO”, a preexisting domain focused on startups, tells LatinPost why he’s not …
100 New Generic Top Level Domains Delegated Into Internet 21 January 2014 Los Angeles, California… ICANN‘s Global Domains Division today announced that the number of new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) delegated into the Internet’s Root Zone has topped 100. Delegation is one of the final steps before the Registries that control the domains may begin …
As various groups discuss their ideas for the Brazil Conference on the Future of Internet Governance in April, one issue is rising to the top of the agenda: stakeholder roles. Increasingly, it looks as if the Brazil conference will be used to challenge a definition of multistakeholder governance that assigns different ‘roles’ to state actors …
In an effort to prepare for the upcoming launch of a new Registry/Registrar accreditation tool, ICANN is inviting Registries and Registrars to participate in a Beta Test session of Automated Registrar Onboarding System (AROS). This session will allow users to explore the various accreditation functionalities of the system and provide valuable feedback to ICANN for …
A call for Expressions of Interest (EoIs) is now open through December 26, 2013. This Call for EoIs is part of the process through which the user community within ICANN will appoint one voting member of the ICANN Board. While acting in a personal capacity as a member of the ICANN Board, this member must …
4 December 2013 ICANN has authorized the bulk transfer of gTLD domain names from Pacnames Ltd to Net-Chinese Co., Ltd. due to compliance actions taken by ICANN that resulted in the de-accreditation of Pacnames Ltd. The affected gTLD registries have processed the bulk transfers. Former registrant-customers of Pacnames Ltd should receive notices from Net-Chinese Co., …
It’s hard to see commitment to projects especially in emerging markets like Africa. Africa has been long identified as a new frontier location for investors looking to put great projects that mostly focus on ICT. More recently there has been an increase of the number of mega-proposals and plans to build smart cities. More than …
by Tom // 7 . 11 . 2013 // Domain names, New gTLDs Lot’s of people have asked me (well more than one) what’s happening with the new domains, what do all the phases mean, and when can I register one? All good questions, but until very recently it’s been rather difficult to give a …
ICANN has authorized the bulk transfer of gTLD domain names from Cheapies.com Inc. to Tucows Domains Inc. due to compliance actions taken by ICANNthat resulted in the de-accreditation of Cheapies.com Inc. The affected gTLD registries have processed the bulk transfers. Former registrant-customers of Cheapies.com Inc. should receive notices from Tucows advising of the transfer. Customer …