The Swedish domain name registry has announced that they have breached the one million domain name mark. Danny Aerts, CEO of the .se registry, is obviously delighted with the milestone: Achieving one million is confirmation that we have succeeded in making .se the obvious top domain choice in Sweden Full story on their site … [Read more...] about SE Registry Breaks One Million Name Mark
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Russian ccTLD Breaks 3 Million Mark
The Russian ccTLD, .ru, has broken the 3 million mark in terms of domains registered. At time of writing there are over 3 million active domain registrations. While any milestone is impressive the fact that this comes after the Russian registry tightened controls on domain registrations renders this news particularly noteworthy. … [Read more...] about Russian ccTLD Breaks 3 Million Mark
Co.no To Launch November 1st
The .no registry has very restrictive rules governing both who can register domain names and how many they can register. Only Norwegian companies can register .no domain names and they are limited to registering a maximum of 20 domain names. From November of this year there will another option - co.no. Sunrise opens on November 1st, with Go Live scheduled for February 22nd … [Read more...] about Co.no To Launch November 1st
Nominet To Release Short Names
Nominet, the UK domain registry, has been investigating how to handle the release of short domain names ie. 1 and 2 character domains. While a number of short names had been registered prior to the formation of Nominet there are still a large number that have not been assigned. Nominet has now announced the process for the assignment of the short names, as well as a full list … [Read more...] about Nominet To Release Short Names
One.com Suspended By Swedish Registry For 30 Days
According to an announcement on the Swedish domain registry's site one of their registrars, One.com AS, is being suspended for 30 days from September 14th 2010. The registry claims that One.com registered domain names using their clients' data without their knowledge: During the summer, One.com registered a large number of domain names without being asked to do so by … [Read more...] about One.com Suspended By Swedish Registry For 30 Days
Nominet Publish Summary and Analysis of Short Domain Consultation
Nominet, the registry operator for co.uk, have published the summary and analysis report on their recently held consultation on the release of reserved short domains. The document, which runs to 25 pages, covers the background of the consultation process as well as providing an overview of the feedback received. The consultation was open from March 8th 2010 to June 8th 2010 and … [Read more...] about Nominet Publish Summary and Analysis of Short Domain Consultation
IEDR Adds New Board Member and Issues More Figures
I've been sitting on this "news" for a while, as I waiting on the registry to announce it .. Fergal O' Byrne, who was the Irish Internet Association CEO and is currently CEO of startup Sonru, has been appointed to the IEDR's board as a non-executive director. According to filings with the Irish companies' office O'Byrne's appointment is effective from the end of May 2010, … [Read more...] about IEDR Adds New Board Member and Issues More Figures
DNS.be Announces New Operations Manager
DNS.be, the registry operator for .be, has announced that Chris Peetermans has been appointed as its Operations Manager. Several senior members of the registry's management team left the organisation last year. Press release below: New Operations Manager for DNS BE Louvain, 29th July. DNS BE has a new Operations Manager, Chris Peetermans, and that means that the direction team … [Read more...] about DNS.be Announces New Operations Manager
CENTR Is Hiring
CENTR has announced an open position in its Brussels office. The role is being advertised as a part-time office manager position. More details on their site … [Read more...] about CENTR Is Hiring
Happy Birthday .uk!
2010 is the year that .com celebrates 25 years, but it's also the year the .uk marks a quarter of a century.Over 25 years the .uk namespace has grown and grown to become one of the most widely used addresses on the internet outside of .comThe growth pattern is quite interesting.During the first 11 years only 26 thousand domains were registered. One million names were in the … [Read more...] about Happy Birthday .uk!