Neustar today announced that it has been selected as the registry services provider for 358 applications for new generic Top-Level domains (gTLDs). Additionally, Neustar has been selected by the City of New York as the registry service provider to manage the application process and operate .nyc. more
ARI Registry has submitted a letter to ICANN today requesting its Board and staff to delay the launch of the digital archery batching mechanism and review of the new gTLD program for further review. "Batching was included in ICANN’s thinking because there were an unknown number of applications for new gTLDs... We suggest that, given the data that is publically available, these two objectives can be met without batching and without a significant or unreasonable impact on timelines." more
PIR applied for the creation and management of the new top-level domains (TLDs) as part of ICANN's global Internet expansion initiative which would go into effect as early as 2013. more
As part of its application to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), PIR submitted for the generic top-level domains (gTLDs) that translate "organization," "org" or "structured organization" into Devanagari, Cyrillic and Chinese-simplified scripts. more
ARI Registry Services can today confirm it has signed contracts to provide back-end domain name registry services for 161 new Top-Level Domains (TLD) as part of ICANN's global program to expand the Internet's address system. more
Leading registry services provider Afilias today announced the results of a USA / UK survey, conducted by Vanson Bourne, on dot Brand top-level domains (TLDs). The survey found that 82 percent of major brands are aware of the opportunity to apply for a dotBrand TLD, and 54 percent of those "aware" companies intend to apply for a dot Brand TLD; that is a total of 44 percent of all companies surveyed who plan to apply. more
iiNet, Australia's second largest DSL Internet provider, is embracing the next generation of online communication by applying for its own .brand Top-Level Domain, reinforcing its position as the leading challenger in the Australian telecommunications market. more
ARI Registry Services has announced it has been appointed as the exclusive registry services provider for Radix, a new entity within the Directi Group, that will be focussed on obtaining and running new generic TLDs. Under the arrangement, Radix will aim to secure Top-Level Domains, under ICANN's program to expand the Internet's addressing system. more
ARI Registry Services has been selected as the preferred respondent for the Request for Proposal for appointment of a registry operator to assist in obtaining and operating multiple generic Top-Level Domains. The Top-Level Domains (TLDs) include the .melbourne, .sydney and .victoria new TLDs. more
StarHub has partnered with technical registry provider ARI Registry Services and digital brand management services provider Melbourne IT Digital Brand Services (DBS) to help it apply for and operate its '.brand' domain name. more
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