The New gTLD domain name registrations have passed the 3 million mark. According to ntldstats.com, the total number of new gTLD domain name registrations sits at 3,026,376. According to TheDomains, the good news is that in less than 8 months new gTLD registrations went from zero to over 3 Million and are growing daily. The bad …
As Blogged by Samantha Dickinson on http://linguasynaptica.com Yesterday, at the ITU’s Plenipotentiary’s Sunday session, the Working Group of Plenary’s Ad Hoc Group on Internet-related resolutions agreed to remove the most controversial of proposed changes to ITU’s resolutions. You know the ones – the proposals have been causing some in the Internet governance community, the media …
ICANN has relocated its 52nd meeting which had been scheduled to take place in Marrakech, Morocco in February 2015, to Singapore In an official alert below, ICANN has given reasons 3 November 2014 Community concerns that would prevent maximum participation at its next global meeting (ICANN 52, 8-12 February 2015), a critical one given the …
There has been a compelling report in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) the other day about ICANN and illegal online pharmacies as a result of a six-month investigation, the reporter, Jeff Elder, calls into question ICANN’s effectiveness in investigating complaints of suspected illegal activity on domain names it has a contractual relationship with. Jeff Elder …
The recent release of a number of new generic top level domain (gTLDs) names by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) including .vin and .wine has been met with strong opposition from wine industry producers, associations and various member states around the world. The major concern with the release of .vin and …
Jeff Elder of Wall Street Journal has written the blog post below on the discrepancies in the ICANN’s answers on the compliance department. Icann’s Contradictory Answers to a Simple but Important Question How many compliance staff members does Icann have? It would appear to be a simple question, but not one the Internet Corp. For …
The IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) will hold its sixth conference call on Wednesday, 29 October 2014 from 12:00-13:00 UTC. For time zone conversions, please see here. The community is welcome to attend by way of a listen-only mode Virtual Meeting Room through which audio of the call will be streamed. Interpretation will be …
ICANN has published the following announcement, on its February meeting, due to possibillity of travel restrictions related to Ebola. Statement on ICANN 52 Meeting in Marrakech, Morocco Following Morocco’s recent request to postpone the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament because of possible African travel restrictions, ICANN is in active and ongoing discussions with our …
DomainNameWire: Amazon.com buys .spot domain name for $2.2 million, .Realty sells for $5.6 million The latest round of new top level domain name “auctions of last resort” at ICANN took place today. Three auctions for the rights to run top level domain names closed for prices ranging from $2.2 million to $5.6 million: Amazon.com won …
Busan, 23 October 2014 – ITU’s 19th Plenipotentiary Conference roundly endorsed Houlin Zhao of China as its next Secretary-General. Zhao will take office on 1 January 2015 for a term of four years, with the possibility of re-election for one additional four-year term. The election took place in Busan, Republic of Korea, during the Plenary …