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Independent Review Finds NZs Domain Na...
An independent review into the body responsible for regulating New Zealand's ccTLD, the Domain Name Commission, has found 'there is much for current and past DNCL staff to be proud of' and that it 'is a sound and competent regulator of the .nz space.'It's the first regulatory review into the Domain Name Commission and was undertaken over 2018-2019 by independent reviewer David Pickens and was published Thursday. It's a far cry from New Zealand's neighbours A
One In 5 .NZ Domains Now Registered At...
InternetNZ logoDown in the Antipodes, InternetNZ has begun to release a quarterly report of life in .nz in a new easy-to-read format, and the first of these reports for the period April to June 2019 shows that almost one in 5 .nz domain names are now registered at the second level.At the end of the quarter there were a total of 710,892 .nz domain names, 507,890 .co.nz domains and another 62,963 registered across all their other 2LDs. Under .nz, second level
.IE Grows 40 In 5 Years With Recent Br...
Ireland's ccTLD .ie has grown 40% in 5 years the latest .IE Domain Profile Report published this week by IE Domain Registry shows, fuelled by a registration rule change, a buoyant economy, Brexit and social network limitations.There were over a quarter of a million (273,156) registrations at the end of June 2019, up more than 8% year-on-year and 39.7% in 5 years. The majority of these were registered by businesses and self-employed entrepreneurs. At 30 Jun
.EU Registrations Boom In Ireland As U...
Registrations of .eu domain names in the United Kingdom have almost halved, declining 46.7% to 162,287 in the year to the end of June and 13.9% for the quarter as fears British registrants will be ineligible to hold their domains if Britain leaving the European Union comes to be.Assuming Brexit happens, British .eu registrants will shortly thereafter lose their domain names unless the registrant has citizenship of a European Union country or for a busine
CENTR Registrar Day and CENTR Awards C...
CENTR is to hold its annual pan-European Registrar Day in at The Hotel in Brussels, Belgium, on 8 October. It will be followed by the fourth CENTR Awards, which aim at highlighting country code top-level domain (ccTLD) registry projects, teams and people that make a difference in the domain name industry, and which this year will also mark CENTR's 20th Anniversary.CENTR encourages registries and registrars from all over Europe to come together and mix an
ICANN65 Fellowship Program Post-Meetin...
Today [8 Aug], ICANN announced the publication of its ICANN65 Fellowship Program Post-Meeting Report [PDF, 356 KB]. The report, authored by fellows, provides information on their pre-meeting activities, meeting highlights, and plans to stay involved.The Fellowship Program Post-Meeting Report is part of the New Fellowship Program Approach, an initiative aimed to increase program transparency and provide the community with more data and information on t