Montevideo Statement on the Future of Internet Cooperation

7 October 2013 Montevideo, Uruguay – The leaders of organizations responsible for coordination of the Internet technical infrastructure globally have met in Montevideo, Uruguay, to consider current issues affecting the future of the Internet. The Internet and World Wide Web have brought major benefits in social and economic development worldwide. Both have been built and …

Only one in four own a dotau domain name: AusRegistry-auDA study

A survey of more than 10,000 Australians has found the .au domain name remains Australia’s home on the Internet with 95% of respondents identifying it as being uniquely representative of Australia compared to competing namespaces such as .com, .nz or .asia. While .au enjoys widespread consumer and end user satisfaction, the report found only one …

.green pioneer quits the ICANN gtld process as .africa pioneer hangs in there

The contrast between that two applicants goes more than Pioneer-ship of their Campaigns for their respective TLDs.  They are also amongst very few women applicants at ICANN which also adds to the parallel. Despite, as the new gTLD process progresses, more and more applicants are facing diverse tangents and directions as regards their applications. New …

NGPC recommendations for Name Collision on new gTLDs

Resolved (2013.10.07.NG01), the NGPC directs the President, Generic Domains Division to implement the proposal to manage the occurrence of collisions between new gTLDs and existing private uses of the same strings as presented in the “New gTLD Collision Occurrence Management Plan” attached as Annex 1 [PDF, 840 KB], and in doing so to take into …

BigRock targets Indian Businesses in .net Campaign

— BigRock joins hands with the .net TLD to proliferate its reach among Indian businesses — Rolls out integrated media campaign & TVC that showcases the wide appeal of .net — Launches a series of content-driven events called ‘httpx’ for Indian web designers & developers BigRock, one of India’s leading domain registrars and web hosting …

Ukrainian IGF discusses Cyrillic domains issues

The Fourth Ukrainian IGF took place on October, 3, 2013. During the course of the Forum Ukrainian and international experts discussed issues of Internet infrastructure development, network safety, international tendencies in informational community development. One of the Forum’s meetings was devoted to the issue of cyrillic top-level domains. In August, 2013,domain names registration in the …