CentralNIC, a popular provider of alternative domain extensions, recently announced that they are expanding their offerings by introducing a new domain extension: .COM.DE.
Sunrise (June 20, 2011 – July 22, 2011): This phase is open to owners of a trademark or a commercial firm name registered with a German Commercial Register. The name applied for …
The .info registry, Afilias, has announced that they are currently accepting proposals for one and two-character .info domain names. Qualified applicants must submit an application in email and hard copy form as well as the application fee by 12:00 UTC on April 30, 2011. For full details please visit: http://www.info.info/1and2character.
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The registry for the United Kingdom, Nominet, recently announced that the Unregistered Rights Sunrise Phase for the 1 & 2 character .co.uk, .net.uk, .org.uk, and .me.uk domain names will begin on February 14, 2011 and end on March 16, 2011. For more information please visit http://www.nominet.org.uk/registrants/aboutdomainnames/reserved/howtoregister/.
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Due to political unrest in Egypt, all Egyptian government agencies, including the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) which handles all domain name registration activity, are closed until further notice. As a result, CSC is unable to process any registration, renewal, transfer or modification requests for .EG domain names at this time. CSC is in daily …
UPDATE: The .co registry recently announced that the i.co domain name auction is being postponed. The registry received significant interest in i.co and is taking more time to assess the future of this desirable name. For more information please see the registry blog post at: http://www.cointernet.co/blog/keep-your-i-ico .
The Colombian Registry recently announced the release of the …
The Registry for Vietnam, VNNIC, recently announced that beginning January 10, 2011 they will allow the registration of one and two character domain names for third-level domains. The following extensions are affected:
• .COM.VN
• .BIZ.VN
• .GOV.VN
• .NET.VN
• .ORG.VN
• .PRO.VN
• .INFO.VN
• .NAME.VN
Registration will begin on January 10, 2011. Please keep in mind that only third-level extensions are …
The Palestinian National Internet Naming Authority (PNINA) has announced that the Open Registration period for the Palestinian Territories IDN.IDN (.Falasteen) has been postponed until January 16, 2011. Open Registration was originally scheduled to begin on January 2, 2011.
Registration eligibility remains the same, with registration open to all local and international individuals and institutions on January …
HKIRC, the Registry for .HK domain names, has announced that they plan to launch the new Chinese.hk IDN ccTLD in February/March 2011. In preparation for the launch, HKIRC will permanently discontinue offering Chinese.hk domain names starting January 18, 2011. Any Chinese.hk names registered before that date will continue to resolve and be renewable. In addition, any registrant …
On December 26th, ISOC-IL, the Israeli Domain Name Registry, will open public registration for domain names with Hebrew characters in .CO.IL and .ORG.IL (example: איגוד-האינטרנט.org.il). Registration will be on a first come, first served basis.
ISOC-L approved the registration of 398 Hebrew domain names during the Sunrise registration phase for Trademark holders, which ran from August …
The Somalia Registry, The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, recently announced that they are extending the Sunrise Registration period from November 30, 2010 to December 31, 2010. With this change, the remaining phases will also be pushed back. The dates are now as follows:
• Sunrise Registration: November 1, 2010 – December 31, 2010
• Land Rush …