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Category Archives: TLD Updates
IDN.BE (Belgium) will soon be available
On 11 June, the Belgian registry (DNS.be) will start offering IDNs under the .be extension. This covers a set of 33 new characters that includes all possible accents and special characters in Dutch, French and German, as well as other … Continue reading
Posted in TLD Updates
IDN extension (.भारत) for India
This month the .in registry (India) will be launching .भारत, an Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) in the Devanagari script. The deployment of .भारत will support the following 8 languages: Bodo(Boro), Dogri, Hindi, Konkani, Maithili, Marathi, Nepali, and Sindhi-Devanagari. The Sunrise … Continue reading
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General Availability for .PW (‘The Professional Web’)
On 25 March .pw (the country code for Palau which has been re-purposed to focus on the “Professional Web”) opened to all interested registrants on a first-come first-served basis. This extension is unrestricted. Client advice: Sunrise is now closed. If … Continue reading
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.PW ‘The professional Web’ Landrush
The Landrush period for .pw domains started on 18 February and will run until 18 March. During Landrush, application is open to anyone. However, domain names with two or more applications will be allocated through an auction process. Minimum registration … Continue reading
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Tagged .pw
Launch of Asian IDNs in the .CO domain space
The .co registry is launching Asian Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) in the .co name space. Asian IDNs (Chinese, Japanese and Korean) will be available for registration within the second and third level domains of .co, .com.co, .net.co, .nom.co and restricted … Continue reading
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Tagged .co, IDN
Update on direct.uk (second level registration in .UK)
.UK registry, Nominet, has announced that they will not proceed with their original proposal on ‘direct.uk’ but they will respond to feedback by looking at whether a revised proposal will address issues raised in the recent consultation. The Nominet Board plans … Continue reading
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Tagged UK
Relaunch of second level registrations under .OM
The .om (Oman) registry, Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA), has re-launched second level domain name registrations under .om. Registrations are now open on first-come first-served basis to companies in accordance with the current registration requirements of .com.om and .co.om. As .om … Continue reading
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Tagged Oman
Canada launches French IDN for .CA
From January 13, 2013 .ca domain names with French characters will become available for registration. When the French IDN is introduced, every French character variant of a registered .ca domain name will form part of an administrative bundle of domain … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, IDN
.SX Now in General Availability
From November 15, 2012 Sint Maarten (the Dutch half of the Caribbean island of Saint Martin which became an autonomous country in October 2010), began offering domain name registrations to the general public in its new country code Top Level … Continue reading
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Tagged .sx
سودان (IDN ccTLD string for Sudan) Passes String Evaluation
سودان , the proposed IDN ccTLD string for Sudan, has recently successfully completed string evaluation at ICANN. Details of the successful evaluation are provided here: http://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/fast-track/string-evaluation-completion/s
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Tagged IDNs, Sudan
