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Registrants of new .in domain names will be offered a free domain in a non-Latin script, the Indian government announced today. The National Internet Exchange of India said it will offer one free internationalized domain name, along with a free email a...
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January 8, 2021 Kevin Murphy
.in, Domain Registries, nixi
When humanity finally confirms the existence of intelligent extraterrestrial life, what’s the new gTLD domain name you’d want to have in your portfolio? Why, first.contact, of course. The domain name was registered with premium pricing from...
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January 5, 2021 Kevin Murphy
Domain Registries, premiums
Fuji Xerox has become the latest multi-billion-dollar company to ditch its dot-brand gTLD. The Japanese-American company, a joint venture of Xerox and Fuji, has told ICANN it wants to terminate its registry contract for .fujixerox, and ICANN has indica...
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January 4, 2021 Kevin Murphy
Domain Registries, dot-brands, fuji, fuji xerox, xerox
EURid suspended about 80,00 domain names on Friday, as the UK’s 11 months of Brexit transition came to an end. All the names were registered to UK-based, non-EU citizens and organizations, which are no longer eligible under registry policy. ̶...
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January 4, 2021 Kevin Murphy
.eu, Brexit, Domain Registries, eurid
In what appears to be an almost unprecedented move, ICANN is to review Donuts’ proposed acquisition of rival Afilias at the highest level, raising a question mark over the industry mega-merger. The org’s board of directors will meet Thursda...
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December 14, 2020 Kevin Murphy
Domain Registries, isoc
Yet another new gTLD is moving to a new registry, but this time it’s not a case of a large gTLD holder bulking up its portfolio. This time it’s .creditunion, and the new registry is 18-year-old .coop registry DotCooperation, according to IC...
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December 4, 2020 Kevin Murphy
.creditunion, cuna, Domain Registries, dotcooperation
Nominet suspended thousands fewer suspected criminal domains in 2020 than last year, according to the registry’s latest annual update. For the 12 months to the end of October, Nominet took down 22,158 domains, is down from 28,937 in the year-ago ...
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December 1, 2020 Kevin Murphy
.UK, coronavirus, covid-19, crime, Domain Registries, pandemic, suspensions, takedowns
The .eu registry has given UK-based registrants an extra window to keep hold of their domains, which will soon be deleted due to Brexit. Brits were originally set to lose their .eu names at the end of the year, due to the expiry of the year-long Brexit...
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November 30, 2020 Kevin Murphy
.eu, Brexit, Domain Registries, eurid
The UK’s health regulator is going to be added to a Nominet pilot program enabling the speedy takedown of suspected criminal .uk domains next year, according to the registry. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency will become the...
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November 24, 2020 Kevin Murphy
coronavirus, Domain Registries, mhra, pandemic, pipcu, takedown, vaccines
The third quarter saw the worldwide domain industry base of registrations increase by 600,000 names over the second quarter, according to Verisign’s latest Domain Name Industry Brief. September ended with 370.7 million names registered across all...
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November 24, 2020 Kevin Murphy
.UK, dnib, Domain Registries