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ICANN 41 To Go To Singapore?

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ICANN's meeting in June 2011 was scheduled to be held in Jordan. They have since cancelled it due to concerns about the region's stability and a new location has not been formally announced.One of the locations rumoured to be playing host is Singapore, so this tweet from the ccTLD operator of Jordan this evening may be based on more than rumour:ICANN Amman officially cancelled … [Read more...] about ICANN 41 To Go To Singapore?

EU Registry Suffers Serious Outage

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Eurid, the operator of the .eu registry, has suffered a serious outage.According to official communications from the registry the systems were offline from last night until earlier today (though no official communication about the servers coming back online has been made)How long was the registry offline?By the looks of things it could be anything up to 12 hours, though I … [Read more...] about EU Registry Suffers Serious Outage

Afilias Attempts To Bury The Hatchet With Registrars

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Afilias was vocally opposed to vertical integration and cross-ownership between registrars and registries. Several of its policy staff were active participants in the VI (vertical integration) working group within the GNSO for the last few months. And if you have a few hours to spare you can trawl through the email archives and meeting recordings to get a "feel" of their … [Read more...] about Afilias Attempts To Bury The Hatchet With Registrars

ICANN Releases Latest Draft Applicant Guidebook

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ICANN has released yet another "Draft Applicant Guidebook" in relation to the new TLD application process.However, this time round they're referring to it as the "Proposed Final New gTLD Applicant Guidebook"You can read the announcement here or go over and download it and submit comments here.You can expect this to be one of the "hot topics" at the upcoming ICANN public meeting … [Read more...] about ICANN Releases Latest Draft Applicant Guidebook

ICANN Board Gets Decisive. Vertical Integration Debate Killed Off

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Earlier this morning ICANN made public the resolutions from the most recent board meeting of November 5th 2010. The meeting was not a "normal" meeting - it was deemed a "special meeting" and its sole topic was vertical integration and cross-ownership between registrars and registries. This topic, often simply referred to as VI, has been a subject of debate - often very heated - … [Read more...] about ICANN Board Gets Decisive. Vertical Integration Debate Killed Off

IEDR Release Annual Report

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The IEDR, the operator of the .ie ccTLD registry, have released their annual report for 2009.The document, which obviously cost quite a bit to design, covers various aspects of the organisation's activities and is not limited to the domain registrations. In common with quite a few ccTLD operators IEDR is also involved in ENUM, though there has been little or no takeup for the … [Read more...] about IEDR Release Annual Report

ICANN Updates Registrar Accreditation Application

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ICANN announced last night that a new application form for potential registrars had been put live. The new application form reflects changes made to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) in 2009, as well as making the terminology used more international. The previous version of the form was very US-centric in its wording and did not take into account a company's activity … [Read more...] about ICANN Updates Registrar Accreditation Application