Category: Registries

Announcements, ICANN Announcements, Industry News, Registries

ICANN Approves .XXX

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Its been over 10 years since the debate of having .XXX as a top level domain (TLD) started and finally, ICANN has approved the ICM Registry’s application to operate .XXX as a TLD. This decision was taken at the 40th ICANN Meeting at San Francisco earlier this year.

This single agenda has definitely generated the highest volumes of community comments than nearly any other issue ever faced within ICANN in the past.

The ICM Registry has been handed over the responsibility of operating the .XXX TLD provided there are improved and new benefits to the TLD.

All said and done, not everyone in the Adult industry has welcomed the .XXX TLD wholeheartedly. The Free Speech Coalition, a group sponsored by the Adult Entertainment Trade Association is against .XXX and the Registry’s rulings.

The Sunrise periods (3) will be starting over the coming months.

Do you see .xxx as the next “big thing” in the domain market?

Announcements, Industry News, Registries

Verisign Domain Name Industry Brief – Feb ’11

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Every quarter, Verisign reviews the state of the domain name industry and highlights important trends, growth opportunities and key performance indicators through in-depth research and analysis. This provides a holistic view of the domain industry and can help businesses make accurate forecasts.

Highlights of the Feb 2011 report include:

  • The fourth quarter of 2010 closed with a base of more than 205.3 million domain name registrations across all Top Level Domains (TLDs), an increase of 3.5 million domain names, or 1.7 percent over the third quarter

  • Registrations have grown by 12.1 million, or 6.3 percent over the past year

  • The .com and .net TLDs reached a combined total of approximately 105.2 million names

  • The base of Country Code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs) was 80.1 million domain names, a 1.1 percent increase quarter over quarter, and a 0.3 percent increase year over year

  • The order of the top TLDs in terms of zone size changed only slightly compared to the third quarter, as .org moved from fifth to fourth largest TLD, dropping .uk (united Kingdom) from fourth to fifth.

You can view the complete Brief here – http://verisigninc.com/assets/domain-name-report-feb-2011.pdf

Industry News, Registries

Afilias and CERT-In Sign MoU to Improve Internet Security in India

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Cooperation and knowledge sharing will help emergency response to cyber-security threats

New Delhi, India–February 12, 2008 –Afilias, a global provider of registry services, today announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) to share critical information and resources to enhance cyber-security in India and world-wide, increase awareness of important security issues, and to cooperate in emergency response to critical threats.

“The Internet is a global network, security threats are best addressed through cooperation between organizations and across borders. Afilias’ global expertise will help us improve our ability to report on and respond to threats that affect India, and the sharing of data will help in protecting core Internet infrastructure and the domains that Afilias supports in India.” said Dr. Gulshan Rai, Director of CERT-In.

Industry News, Registries

Asia Sunrise Completed with Over 30,000 Domain Applications

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Hong Kong, China, February 07, 2008 –(PR.com)– Application periods for .Asia Sunrise successfully completed according to schedule last week on January 31, 2008. At the time of closing, DotAsia received a total of 30,780 domain name applications. These include domain names received through Pre-Sunrise, Sunrise 1, Sunrise 2, Sunrise 3, as well as the Pioneer Domains Programs. .Asia Landrush (open public registration) is set to launch at 12:00 noon UTC, February 20, 2008.

Announcements, Registries

CentralNic Registry Downtime Notice

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The CentralNic Global Registry will be undergoing a planned downtime for maintenance on February 03, 2008, as per the following the schedule:

Maintenance Window
Date – February 03, 2008
Time: 0900 hrs – 0920 hrs GMT/UTC
Duration: 20 min
Affected Systems – Domain Name Registrations, Renewals, Transfers, Management on the Live interface.

Please inform your Sub-Resellers and Customers suitably of this Registry imposed downtime. We shall be reminding you of the outage once again, 24 hours prior to the scheduled downtime.