AFNIC

Afnic welcomes the green light for the .bzh and .paris New gTLDs
May 14, 2013

[news release] The two applications, the first in the opening of New Top-Level Domains (New gTLDs), obtained ICANN’s approval...


Individuals Share of .FR Domain Names Approaches 40%
April 23, 2013

Almost two in five (39%) .fr domain names are registered by individuals as of the end of February 2013, and they are responsible...


Afnic Consults On Releasing Single and Two Character Domains
March 26, 2013

Single and two character domain names could be coming to .fr and other registries Afnic manages should the public consultation...


97% of registrars satisfied with the quality of Afnic services
March 17, 2013

[news release] Afnic reveals the major trends of its annual survey on the quality of its services. 10163


Afnic Launches a consultation about a new alternative dispute resolution process
March 17, 2013

[news release] Afnic is launching a public consultation about setting up an alternative dispute resolution procedure, in conjunction...


France, Paris And Immobilier Most Common Terms In .FR Domains
January 20, 2013

The most used terms used in .fr domain names are "france", "paris", and "real estate" (immobilier) with around 12,300 domains...


ccTLD Updates for .xxx, .pw, .ru, .fr, .nl, .ee, vn, .be, .no
December 17, 2012

“What has really happened as a result of .XXX?” one year on from its launch is the focus of an article on Xbiz. 9711


.FR Reaches 2.5m Registrations And Top 5 Fastest Growing ccTLDs
December 7, 2012

The French ccTLD, .FR, reached 2.5 million domain name registrations this week, and achieved the milestone relatively quickly...


Litigation under the .fr, creating new extensions: AFNIC update for Unifab
December 4, 2012

To raise corporate awareness about protecting domain names, Afnic hosted an information update on the issue at Unifab. 9649


CENTR October Roundup Looks At Members, Zone Files And Afnic
November 1, 2012

Centr’s latest monthly roundup for October gives a summary of member updates, results from a Centr member’s survey on publication...


AFNIC Publishes First Score on Syreli, A Monthly Statistics Publication
October 25, 2012

Afnic, the registry for .FR domain names along with a number of other French territories, has published its first Scope,...


New Revised Afnic Domain Name Industry Report Reports 17% Annual Registration Increase
September 17, 2012

The Afnic Domain Name Industry Report has changed format. From now on, each month a key market figure will be highlighted...


Afnic Issues Paper On Securing Management Of Domains
September 17, 2012

Afnic, the registry for .FR domain names, has published an issues paper on securing the management of domain names for companies....


Afnic Opens Registrations Of .FR IDNs To All
July 8, 2012

On 3 July, anybody eligible to register a .FR domain name could register domains with 30 internationalised domain name characters,...


Frenchweb.fr workshop: Branding, selecting and protecting domain names – 5 July
June 29, 2012

[news release] What’s the best way of representing a brand on the Internet? To answer these and other questions, meet AFNIC...