Archive for: Registrant

Norid Phasing Out Paper Documents For .NO

Norid Phasing Out Paper Documents For .NO

Starting on 1 February, declarations for domain deletion and change of holder are being phased out. For registrants, this means a simpler and swifter processing...

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KeyDrive Acquires Moniker and SnapNames from Oversee.net

KeyDrive Acquires Moniker and SnapNames from Oversee.net

KeyDrive, a Luxembourg- and German-based company providing domain registration, monetisation and aftermarket services has acquired the Moniker and SnapNames business...

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.COM Passes 100 Million Registration Mark in January

.COM Passes 100 Million Registration Mark in January

There are now more than 100 million .COM domain names according to separate statistics revealed by RegistrarStats and HosterStats.

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Domain Name Hijacking Is A Serious Business, And How To Prevent It

A domain name is often one of a company’s most valuable assets, yet businesses often do little to prevent the domain being hijacked.CIO recently published...

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ICANN To Reduce “Unreachable” Whois Registrations By 50% In 1 Year?

ICANN To Reduce “Unreachable” Whois Registrations By 50% In 1 Year?

Review Team Asks for Community Comment on Draft Recommendations that Could Bring Big Changes to Whois Whois allows you to look up the name and contact information...

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CIRA On The Road To Introducing .CA IDNs With French Characters

CIRA On The Road To Introducing .CA IDNs With French Characters

The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has launched the second and final phase of its consultation in the implementation of French characters...

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Verisign Announces Strong Growth As .COM Passes 100m Registrations

Verisign Announces Strong Growth As .COM Passes 100m Registrations

Total registrations of .COM and .NET domain names increased to 113.8 million at the end of 2011 representing an eight per cent increase year-on-year Verisign announced....

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Nominet Announces Single & Multi-Year Registration Details

Nominet Announces Single & Multi-Year Registration Details

Nominet has announced the rules and prices they charge to registrars for multi-year registrations, with the options for registrations from one to ten years, when...

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Number Of DNSSEC Signed .SE Domains Soars

Number Of DNSSEC Signed .SE Domains Soars

The number of .SE domains that were signed using the DNSSEC security standard rose from 4,299 in early 2011 to 171,650 by 31 December, 2011. The registry has attributed...

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DNS.be Information Campaign To Continue

DNS.be Information Campaign To Continue

From 16 January till the end of March DNS.be is targetting the Belgian professions and intellectuals in order to convince them that having a presence online is extremely...

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Australia’s .AU Contributes $475m Per Year And 4300 Jobs To Economy

Australia’s .AU Contributes $475m Per Year And 4300 Jobs To Economy

Australia’s .AU country code Top Level Domain is responsible for more than 4300 full time jobs and contributed $475 million to the Australian economy a report...

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Two AFNIC/Sedo Domain Name Workshops At French Entrepreneur Fair

Two AFNIC/Sedo Domain Name Workshops At French Entrepreneur Fair

On 1 and 2 February 2012, AFNIC, the registry for .FR, and Sedo will deliver two workshops titled “Domain names: the key to your web presence” at the...

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Nominet Warns of Scams Targeting Domain Name Registrants

Nominet Warns of Scams Targeting Domain Name Registrants

Nominet, the .UK registry, is advising they have recently been made aware of a phone scam targeting domain name registrants. In the scam, registrants are contacted...

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.CO Internet Recognized as World Finance 100 Business Leader

.CO Internet Recognized as World Finance 100 Business Leader

Company named among Industry giants for helping to redefine the global business landscape[news release] .CO Internet S.A.S. today was recognized in the World Finance...

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British Police Crackdown On Fraudulent Websites in Leadup to London Olympics

British police have “closed around 2,000 sites set up by criminals and purporting to sell luxury goods, and are monitoring hundreds of others that have popped...

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