Archive for November, 2009

ICANN Seeks Expressions of Interest for Bulk Transfer of Names

ICANN Seeks Expressions of Interest for Bulk Transfer of Names

As the result of the Notices of Termination issued on November 25, 2009 to registrars OOO Russia (IANA ID 1238) and Hosting365 Inc. (IANA ID 956), ICANN is seeking...

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Russia.com Sold for $1.5m

The domain name Russia.com was sold for US$1.5 million by Sedo reports the Quintura blog, making it the sixth biggest reported sale to date for 2009 going by the...

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.AT Reaches 900,000 Domain Name Registrations Milestone

.AT Reaches 900,000 Domain Name Registrations Milestone

Nic.at, the registry for .AT domain names, have announced they have crossed into a new frontier with the 900,000th .AT domain name registration.

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ICANN: New Registrar Agreement Covers Most Registrations

ICANN: New Registrar Agreement Covers Most Registrations

Over 88 percent of domain names covered by new protections Less than six months after new registrant protections were approved by the ICANN Board, over 88 percent...

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.РФ Internationalised Domain Name will translate DNS in Russian

.РФ Internationalised Domain Name will translate DNS in Russian

16 November 2009 – the day Russian Federation officially applied for Cyrillic domain .РФ (.RF) to ICANN. This event was preceded by two years of collaboration...

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SnapNames Revises Rebate Offer Acceptance Agreement

Following the incident where a SnapNames executive had set up an account on the SnapNames system under a false name and, under this name, bid in SnapNames auctions,...

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DOMAINfest Global 2010 Launches Competitions for Innovative Domain Name Use

The news release below outlines two new elements on the DOMAINFest Global conference to take place in Los Angeles in January. One is a PITCHfest contest that aims...

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ICANN: Bulk Transfer of Mouzz Interactive Domains to Sibername.com

ICANN: Bulk Transfer of Mouzz Interactive Domains to Sibername.com

ICANN has authorized a bulk transfer of Mouzz Interactive Inc.’s gTLD domain names to Sibername.com, Inc., due to a compliance action taken by ICANN that resulted...

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What ccTLD Will Be Huge? Asks Online Poll

While you could call it a meaningless poll, for those who want to voice their opinion on what ccTLD will be huge in years to come there is a poll currently underway...

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ICANN Strategic Plan Survey

ICANN Strategic Plan Survey

As part of its consultation process for the development of the July 2010-June 2013 Strategic Plan, ICANN is seeking the views of the community on ICANN’s priorities...

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Egypt Submits Symbolic First Application for Internationalised Domain Name

Egypt, host of the United Nations sponsored Internet Governance Forum being held this week, Russia and China were among the first countries to submit applications...

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Egypt, China First In Line for Top Level Internationalised Domains

Egypt and China have both said they will be applying for country code internationalised top level domain names as part of ICANN’s fast track process. ICANN...

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ICANN Announces IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process Launch

ICANN Announces IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process Launch

ICANN is pleased to announce the launch of the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process. Non-English speakers across the globe will soon have access to the Internet addresses...

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Apply Now to Join the ICANN Board, the Councils of GNSO and ccNSO, and the ALAC

Apply Now to Join the ICANN Board, the Councils of GNSO and ccNSO, and the ALAC

ICANN’s Nominating Committee (Nom Com) invites Statements of Interest and candidate recommendations from the Internet community for key leadership positions...

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Rick Latona Auctions accepting premium domains for upcoming auction

[news release] Rick Latona Auctions announced today that they are accepting premium domain name submissions for their upcoming auction at TRAFFIC Las Vegas.  If...

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