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DotConnectAfrica Trust Responds to ICANN GAC Objection Advice on Its .Africa Application

DotConnectAfrica Trust (DCA Trust), the contending applicant that submitted an independent bid for the .Africa new generic Top-Level Domain name, recently submitted another response to the ICANN Board of Directors to defend the GAC Objection Advice that was issued against its .Africa new gTLD application by the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) body within ICANN. more»

Radix Registry Passes 4 New gTLD Initial Evaluations

Directi, under its new brand Radix, had applied for 31 strings comprising several generic and mass market names. A month back, it was announced that Directi, Tucows and Namecheap will join forces to manage the .online registry, the string which successfully cleared the initial evaluation as mentioned earlier. more»

.PW Crosses 50,000 Domain Registrations in 3 Weeks

The .PW Registry today announced that more than 50,000 .PW domain names were registered in just 3 weeks since the beginning of its General Availability phase. .PW, launched as "the Professional Web", was available for General registrations from March 25, 2013 with a strong distribution channel of 120+ ICANN Registrars. more»

DotConnectAfrica Participates at the ICANN 46 International Meeting in Beijing, China

The DotConnectAfrica Trust delegation led by its Executive Director/CEO, Ms. Bekele participated and contributed at various sessions of the ICANN 46 International Meeting held in Beijing China from 7th - 11th April 2013. more»

dot Brand or dot What? Consumers Unaware of New TLDs, Including .Google, .Microsoft and .Nike

Afilias Limited, a global provider of domain registry services, has announced the results of research on consumer attitudes towards the hundreds of new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) that will launch beginning in 2013. more»

Zodiac Prepares for Chinese New gTLDs, Announces "Chinese Advisory Services" for New gTLD Applicants

April 02, 2013, Zodiac Holdings Limited ("Zodiac"), the largest Chinese TLD applicant, is pleased to announce that 6 of its new gTLD applications have successfully passed the Initial Evaluation. more»

DotConnectAfrica Clarified Its .africa Bid at the Innovation Africa Digital Summit in Addis Ababa

The 11th Innovation Africa Digital Summit with the theme: "National Broadband Strategies and Agendas: Acceleration and Alignment" was held in Addis Ababa the capital city of Ethiopia from 19thto 21st March 2013. more»

.PW General Availability Opens With More Than 4000 Orders in 30 Minutes

The newest TLD has fast gained worldwide acceptance with over 110 active registrars signing up from 32 countries to offer .PW domain names to customers; launched as the Professional Web at the ICANN Meeting in Toronto, .PW is a new namespace operated by the Directi Group. more»

CentralNic Powers First New Top-Level Domains Announced by ICANN

Two Arabic-language Top-Level Domains ("TLDs") applied for by The Ooredoo Group have been approved today by domain name regulator ICANN. more»

Invitation to a Seminar on "A New Beginning - Domain Name Market in China"

The domain name market in China is undergoing a major transformation with the anticipation of the launch of the new gTLDs. Zodiac Holdings Limited ("Zodiac") is hosting a seminar on "Domain Name Market in China" during ICANN 46th meeting in Beijing. more»