The Freename Forum

... country code extension on December 17, 2024. The aim of the consultation is to define the key requirements and principles to be adopted by the .ie registry as part of the telecommunications infrastructure. It is divided into four areas: “The .ie ccTLD Manager's roles and responsibilities”, “Governance ...

The Internet registry ICANN has terminated the registry contracts with the Istanbul-based Asia Green IT System Bilgisayar San. ve Tic. Ltd. Sti. The generic top-level domains .nowruz, .pars, .shia, .tci and an internationalized ...

The .de registry DENIC eG has announced its intention to lay the foundation for the next generation of domain provisioning with the RESTful Provisioning Protocol (RPP). In the early 2000s, domain provisioning was characterized ...

... eleven different registrars. For half of the domains, the registration data was public; for the other half, the data was masked either by the registry or the registrar in accordance with the GDPR. To ensure consistent data collection, Sattler set up unique email addresses for each domain and ...

The Japan-based GMO Registry Inc., administrator of the top level domain .shop, is receiving prominent German support. Christian Voss, former Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of the trading platform Sedo, Michael Piotrowski, former Head ...

CZ.NIC z.s.p.o, registry of the Czech country code extension .cz, is increasing its fees. With effect from 1 March 2025, the purchase price for domain registrars will increase from CZK 145 (approx. EUR 5.78) to CZK 160 (approx. EUR ...

Stuart Lawley, former CEO of the .xxx administrator ICM Registry, has died at the age of 61. Lawley was originally from the UK, but moved to the USA and became a naturalised citizen. He became known for his fight for the introduction of the red light ...

The .uk administrator Nominet is doing the same as SIDN and ensuring greater security in the namespace. The registry has announced its intention to go beyond the legal requirements of the Internet Domain Registry (Prescribed Practices and Prescribed Requirements) Regulations ...

UK-based Lipsy Ltd. is parting ways with its .lipsy brand extension. In a letter dated 23 October 2024, Lipsy terminated the registry agreement with the Internet registry ICANN. As is usual with .brands, the cancellation is based on Section 4.4 (b) of the registry agreement, which allows ...

There are still some happy events for generic top-level domains: the .org administrator Public Interest Registry (PIR) has announced that it has broken the eleven million mark for registered domains. In Indonesia, .id is delighted to have reached its first million. First a ...