Nominet retained as Emergency Back-End Registry Operator (EBERO) operator

Posted on August 30, 2019

Nominet has been reappointed by ICANN as an Emergency Back-End Registry Operator (EBERO) for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs). UK internet infrastructure company Nominet was first appointed as an EBERO operator in 2014. As well as the .UK domain, Nominet runs more than 70 top level domains. Nominet currently operates the “.uk” gTLD, as well …

.WED Placed in Emergency Back-End Registry Operator (EBERO) Program

By James Barnley Posted in Domainnews

Posted on December 11, 2017

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) has designated an emergency interim registry operator for the generic top-level domain (gTLD) .WED. An Emergency Back-End Registry Operator (EBERO) may be temporarily activated if a gTLD registry operator reaches an emergency threshold of downtime for any of the five critical registry functions. These functions are: …