Monthly Archives: January 2012

New gTLD application period begins

Posted on January 17, 2012 by DBS Marketing

The New gTLD application period opened as planned on January 12th.  This step to allow organizations to apply for their own top level domain names comes after six years of policy development that involved multiple stakeholder input from the broad … Continue reading →

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Domain spamming

Posted on January 17, 2012 by SC

It has come to our attention that a new wave of domain spam emails is being received since December. If you do happen to receive any suspicious or confusing emails please do forward them to your customer support representative to … Continue reading →

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IDN.asia Go-live

Posted on January 17, 2012 by SC

.ASIA CJK IDNs will be launched on Thursday, June 21st, 2012. Applications will be accepted on a First-Come-First-Serve basis. More details will follow when available.

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.co.id and .web.id

Posted on January 17, 2012 by SC

Since 26th Nov 2011, local presence is no longer required for registration of CO.ID and .WEB.ID domain names as long as the applicant owns a registered trademark in any country. The minimum length of domain name has been increase from … Continue reading →

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IDN.my

Posted on January 17, 2012 by SC

IDN.my domains are now being accepted from all applicants in the Jawi, Chinese and Tamil languages on a first-come, first-served basis. Requests may be placed through the portal or alternatively, by contacting your client manager.

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.srb (.срб)

Posted on January 17, 2012 by SC

The sunrise phase for the IDN ccTLD .срб will open on January 27th, 2012 until July 26th. Under the first phase, only registrants who hold a .rs domain name will be able to register .срб domains that are derived from … Continue reading →

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.jp.net sunrise

Posted on January 17, 2012 by SC

On January 16th, 2012 (18:00 JST), the new .jp.net extension will be launched. The Sunrise period commences then and will end on February 17th. Applicants holding matching trademarks registered prior to or on July 31st, 2011, may apply to register … Continue reading →

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Big Brands Ready to Apply for their ‘.brand’ Internet Domains

Posted on January 12, 2012 by SC

Multi-billion dollar companies and household brand names among those preparing applications Melbourne, Australia – 10 January 2012 – Hundreds of the world’s largest brands are expected to begin lodging their applications for a new ‘.brand’ Top Level Domains (TLDs) when … Continue reading →

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Melbourne IT DBS in the news

Posted on January 12, 2012 by SC

With the launch of the new gTLDs program, Melbourne IT DBS has been heavily solicited by the media to give insights on what is to be expected of the program in terms of level of application, type of applicants and … Continue reading →

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Applying for a dot brand? It’s time to decide.

Posted on January 11, 2012 by DBS Marketing

By Kanchan Mhatre It’s a go. On January 12th, the governing body for internet domain names, ICANN, will open the three-month window for organizations to apply for just about any top-level domain that is core to their business. If you … Continue reading →

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