Today [20 Dec], ICANN published the ICANN60 By the Numbers report, which includes technical, demographic, and attendance statistics. This report summarizes our findings from ICANN‘s second Annual General Meeting of the new meeting strategy. This report is part of ICANN‘s commitment to transparency. By the Numbers Report highlights include: 1,929 checked-in participants, with 718 listing…
Category: Domain News
New gTLD Plunge Sees Global Domain Name Registrations Drop 1.2 Million in Third Quarter
There was a 1.2 million drop in the number of domain names registered around the world in the third quarter of 2017, a decline of 0.4% over the second quarter, which was largely due to a drop of 3.2 million registrations in new gTLDs, the vast majority in 2 new gTLDs – .xyz and .top.…
Kim Davies Appointed VP, IANA Functions and President, PTI
ICANN announced today [[15 Dec] that Kim Davies, Director of Technical Services, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), has been appointed to the position of Vice President, IANA Services and President, PTI. Public Technical Identifiers (PTI) is responsible for the operational aspects of coordinating the Internet’s unique identifiers and maintaining the trust of the community…
CIRA Adds .SX To The TLDs It Provides Registry Services For
Canada’s ccTLD registry, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), has now added .sx (Sint Maarten) to its Fury Registry Platform. CIRA has been on a bit of a “acquisition” role recently with this week’s adding to a number of similar recent announcements. Wednesday’s announcement says SX Registry SA, who operates the .SX country code top…
Nomination Period Opens For ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Award | Award Targeted for ICANN62 | Nominations Close 19 March 2018
ICANN is pleased to announce the opening of the nomination period for ICANN‘s Multistakeholder Ethos Award. Launched in 2014 at ICANN50 in London, the Multistakeholder Ethos Award recognizes ICANN participants who have deeply invested in consensus-based solutions, acknowledging the importance of ICANN‘s multistakeholder model of Internet governance, and contributed in a substantive way to the…