Global internet servers are expected to be ready by June to enable people register complete website name in nine Indian scripts, according to Universal Acceptance Steering Group. At present, website name can be booked in several non-English scripts including Mandarin, Arabic, Russian, Devanagari etc. However, top level domain (TLD) — which is the second part …
CentralNic (AIM: CNIC), the internet platform business that derives subscription revenue from the worldwide sale of domain names and associated web services, announces that it has been selected by the internet regulator, ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) for the bulk transfer of 679,840 domain names from a former registrar that is no …
Verisign the registry that runs the .com domain name has begun negotiations with ICANN to add price increases to its current contract to run .com domain names. Verisign CEO James Bidzos discussed the updated Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Government and how it applies to its contract to operate .com on the company’s earnings conference …
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), a leader in domain names and internet infrastructure, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2018. Fourth Quarter GAAP Financial Results VeriSign, Inc. and subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $307 million for the fourth quarter of 2018, up 4.0 percent from the same quarter in 2017. VeriSign …
Public Interest Registry (PIR), the nonprofit operator of the .ORG domain, has announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously selected Jonathon Nevett as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective December 17, 2018. Nevett co-founded Donuts Inc. in 2010 and served as Donuts’ executive vice president for corporate affairs and on its Board of Directors. …
The wait for .Web is just about to be longer after Afilias file a notice and request for an independent review process. Most recently, Donuts that was recently acquired by Former ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade backed ABRY Partners lost at the Court of Appeal. Donuts had claimed that ICANN” “intentionally failed to abide by its …
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) efforts to broker a peace deal between the regional Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organisation (ACTO) and giant online retailer Amazon has aborted, according to ICANN CEO Göran Marby. The meeting had been planned for today longside the 21st meeting of the ACTO countries in Bolivia. “Unfortunately, at …
The .coop domain to retain exclusivivity for the co-operative movement for the next 10 years. Dot Cooperation LLC (Dot Coop) renewed it’s contract with Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) for another 10 years whereby negotiations for renewal began in 2016 and were finalised this year in November end. Launched in 2001, the domain …
DNS Belgium, the Belgian domain registrar has announced a partnership with the economy minister to fight fraudulent e-commerce websites. This is expected to lead to a quicker take-down of misleading sites, within 24 hours of their identification, and increase consumer confidence in .be websites. The new powers allows the withdrawal of .be names at the …
.Doha is the first gTLD to ask for a termination notice along side two dot-brand domains .active and .Zippo. They join a growing list of new gTLDS that didn’t make it to be profitable. .Doha is the geographic TLD for Doha, the Qatar capital and would be used as a domain name for government entities …