ICANN Latest News

  • Older News
  • IDN and fast-track in Paris ICANN blog » IDNs (Tuesday, 3 April) - As we are getting close to the ICANN meeting in Paris it would be fair to say that the topic of IDN and the fast-track process will be getting a lot of attention. Several meetings throughout the week are focused on this topic and it has resulted in questions around...
  • Domain Name News - April 1, 2012 Webnames.ca Blog (Monday, 2 April) - Proposed .COM Registry Renewal Agreement Published - ICANN has posted the proposed agreement to renew the .com Registry Agreement between ICANN and Verisign. The existing contract was entered into in 2006 and expires on November 30, 2012. In addition......
  • Domain Name News - March 18, 2012 Webnames.ca Blog (Monday, 19 March) - Here is a selection of recent items: At the close of the ICANN meetings held last week in Costa Rica, ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom and Chairman Steve Crocker were interviewed concerning the New gTLD Program and other aspects of......
  • Invalid Whois Problem at Go Daddy Elliots Blog (Monday, 12 March) - It’s an ICANN rule that Whois information for domain names must be kept accurate. If a domain name is found to have inaccurate or false Whois information, the domain name can be suspended. This obviously could be problematic for a domain owner, especially if the Whois data is inaccurate due...
  • Domain Name News - March 11, 2012 Webnames.ca Blog (Monday, 12 March) - ICANN Meets This Week in Costa Rica - ICANN is meeting this week in San José, Costa Rica. Applications for new gTLDs are currently being accepted, and various aspects of the new gTLD program will be discussed during the......
  • .COOP Celebrates 10 Years, Sheds Light on New gTLD Process United Domains' Blog (Tuesday, 14 February) - While most of the media’s attention today is focused on ICANN’s current new gTLD program, it’s important to remember that there have been previous rounds of gTLD applications and launches. In 2000, ICANN launched a program for new gTLD applications, … Continue reading →...
  • New gTLDs: What to Expect in 2012 United Domains' Blog (Thursday, 26 January) - ICANN recently released a timeline of what to expect with the New gTLD launch. Keep reading for the most up-to-date information. Important Dates: Last day to register in TAS is 29 March 2012; Application Window Closes on 23 April 2012 … Continue reading →...
  • ICANN Starts Accepting Applications for New gTLDs Webnames.ca Blog (Thursday, 12 January) - Today, January 12, 2012 marks the day ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) starts accepting applications for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs).This process has been heavily debated amongst the internet community at large as well as within......
  • TLDH Files First 20 gTLD Applications Elliots Blog (Thursday, 12 January) - The window for submitting gTLD applications to ICANN opened last night, and there’s already considerable action taking place. I just received a press release from publicly traded Top Level Domain Holdings, and the company has announced its intent to immediately file their first 20 applications to manage new TLDs. According...
  • ICANN gTLD Timeline Elliots Blog (Friday, 6 January) - A couple of people emailed me in private to ask the timeline for ICANN’s gTLD program rollout. I did a search, and I was able to find a pdf with the scheduled timeline (ICANN pdf). Keep in mind that the schedule was published at ICANN 41 in Singapore, which was...