NTIA censures ICANN for Suspending SSR2 Review Team

In late 2017, the ICANN Board Suspended the work of the the Security and Stability Review leading to questions on how the board cam up with the decision. According to DomainMondo, the reaction to the Board’s letter of October 28 (below) at ICANN60, ranged from shock (SSR2 Mail List) to befuddlement at the ICANN GNSO session today, as …

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

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: …

Splinternet? Russia wants to build ‘independent internet’ for BRICS nations

The Russian government has made indications that it will build an “independent internet” for use by itself, Brazil, India, China, and South Africa — the so-called BRICS nations — “in the event of global internet malfunctions,” the Russian news site RT reported on Tuesday. Moscow precisely intends to create an alternative to the global Domain Name System, or DNS, the directory that helps …

i2Coalition Sends Letter of Support For .amazon To ICANN

Amazon.com beat ICANN in the accountability mechanism called Independent Review Process IRP. Amazon was one of the largest applicants for new domain names, but its .brand strategy was slowed down when governments opposed its .amazon application. Amazon’s applications had been rejected three years ago after ICANN accepted Governmental Advisory Committee consensus advice. Amazon beat ICANN …

CentralNic signs new contract deal to support 14 Top-Level Domains

CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) a London-based AIM-listed company which provides registry back end solution for numerous new gTLD registries including DCA Trust the applicant for .Africa, has agreed with Germany’s KSregistry GmbH (or “KSregistry”) to provide its market leading services for 14 Top-Level Domain (“TLD”) extensions currently managed by Open Registry, which KSregistry acquired from Group …

Australian Government orders review of the .au Domain Administration

The Australian Government has ordered a review into the operations of the .au policy and regulatory body, auDA. The order to could coming after 2 years or turmoil and mismanagement and that the government has had enough of the unending organization disputes. The Minister’s statement says that since auDA was established in 2000 “the digital …

Internet Grows to 331.9 Million Domain Registrations in the Second Quarter of 2017

VeriSign a global leader in domain names and internet security, has today announced that approximately 1.3 million domain name registrations were added to the internet in the second quarter of 2017, bringing the total number of domain name registrations to approximately 331.9 million across all top-level domains (TLDs) as of June 30, 2017.1 The increase …