Archive for July, 2009

.CN Domain Registrations Drop Over One Million

.CN Domain Registrations Drop Over One Million

After reaching a peak of around 14,100,000 domain name registrations for .CN (China), the number of .CN registrations dropped dramatically to 12,800,000 in May this...

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South Africa Accounts for 60% of Africa’s Domain Registrations

South Africa accounts for around 60 per cent of all domain name registrations on the African continent, while the remaining 50 or so countries account for the remaining...

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ICANN: Initial Report of Geographic Regions Review Working Group Published For Public Comment

ICANN: Initial Report of Geographic Regions Review Working Group Published For Public Comment

The Initial Report of the community-wide working group reviewing ICANN’s Geographic Regions is now available for public comment. All members of the ICANN community...

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.CN Domain Registrations Drop Over One Million

.CN Domain Registrations Drop Over One Million

After reaching a peak of around 14,100,000 domain name registrations for .CN (China), the number of .CN registrations dropped dramatically to 12,800,000 in May this...

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South Africa Accounts for 60% of Africa’s Domain Registrations

South Africa accounts for around 60 per cent of all domain name registrations on the African continent, while the remaining 50 or so countries account for the remaining...

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ICANN: Initial Report of Geographic Regions Review Working Group Published For Public Comment

ICANN: Initial Report of Geographic Regions Review Working Group Published For Public Comment

The Initial Report of the community-wide working group reviewing ICANN’s Geographic Regions is now available for public comment. All members of the ICANN community...

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WSJ: What will be the impact of IDNs and gTLDs on authoritarian governments

The future of internet governance, ands the influence of emerging countries such as China, is the focus of this opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal. The article...

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Afilias Launches New ‘Deals’ Page to Highlight Special .INFO Domain Sales

Afilias Launches New ‘Deals’ Page to Highlight Special .INFO Domain Sales

[news release] Afilias, a global provider of Internet infrastructure services and registry for the .INFO domain, today announced that is has added a new service...

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One year on from its launch, AFNIC’s PREDEC procedure is hitting its stride

One year on from its launch, AFNIC’s PREDEC procedure is hitting its stride

[news release] On 22 July 2008, AFNIC set up a procedure (commonly known as PREDEC) for obvious breaches of the stipulations of the  decree of 6 th February 2007....

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ICANN: Public Comment: Proposed Bylaw Changes to Improve Accountability

ICANN: Public Comment: Proposed Bylaw Changes to Improve Accountability

Two proposed accountability measures have been posted by direction of the Board for 60 days of public comments, from 23 July 2009 through 25 September 2009. This...

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ICANN: Expressions of Interest for NomCom Chair – Deadline for Submission Extended to 15 August 2009

ICANN: Expressions of Interest for NomCom Chair – Deadline for Submission Extended to 15 August 2009

The Board Governance Committee (“BGC”) has moved its August committee meeting to the third week of August during which it will consider the expressions...

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WSJ: What will be the impact of IDNs and gTLDs on authoritarian governments

The future of internet governance, ands the influence of emerging countries such as China, is the focus of this opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal. The article...

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Afilias Launches New ‘Deals’ Page to Highlight Special .INFO Domain Sales

Afilias Launches New ‘Deals’ Page to Highlight Special .INFO Domain Sales

[news release] Afilias, a global provider of Internet infrastructure services and registry for the .INFO domain, today announced that is has added a new service...

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One year on from its launch, AFNIC’s PREDEC procedure is hitting its stride

One year on from its launch, AFNIC’s PREDEC procedure is hitting its stride

[news release] On 22 July 2008, AFNIC set up a procedure (commonly known as PREDEC) for obvious breaches of the stipulations of the  decree of 6 th February 2007....

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Instra expands its PhNUM® Global Telephone Number offering to over 60 Countries

Instra expands its PhNUM® Global Telephone Number offering to over 60 Countries

Instra Corporation is pleased to announce it has expanded the availability of its Geographic Telephone numbers to more than 60 Countries. Instra’s Chief Operating...

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