Archive for the ‘Exclusive’ Category

This will change the World of Internet

Here at Seoul 36th ICANN Meeting, ICANN Board has just approved to Launch “IDN ccTLD Fast Track Program”. Application Period for IDN ccTLD Fast Track Program is going to be start on 16th Nov. The new rules for IDN Script are as follows: 1. the string must be a minimum of two characters long (U-label), […]

IDN.eu starts on December 10

Brussels, 10 September 2009 – EURid is pleased to announce that .eu will support internationalised domain names (IDNs) effective 10 December. For the first time, residents of the European Union will be able to register a .eu domain name made up of non-Latin characters. “IDNs are particularly important for .eu,” notes Marc Van Wesemael, EURid […]

Hong Kong Billionaire Li Ka Shing’s Companies Guilty of IDN Hijacking

A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) domain name dispute adjudication panel has found two companies owned by Hong Kong billionaire, Li Ka Shing, guilty of Attempted Reverse Domain Name Hijacking, over the domain name, 長江.com, which means YangtzeRiver.com. Geneva, Switzerland, August 3, 2009 – A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) domain name dispute adjudication panel […]

NameDrive introduces NDX Market with full IDN support

NameDrive are delighted to announce the launch of NDX Market, a fully-integrated domain trading platform, and a full relaunch of our domain parking front office.
Building on several years’ experience of brokering private domain sales totaling several million dollars, NameDrive now gives all of our clients the opportunity to buy and sell domains on a vibrant, […]

IDN Registration in Argentina

Before next March 23rd NIC Argentina will be done sending notifications about the services entered during the sunrise period. On March 23rd the registration of multilingual character domains will be open, and also it will be published the list of domains requested during the sunrise period and that have more than one request. This list […]

UAE introduces Arabic domain names

The United Arab Emirates will now allow Arabic domain names for websites, which was previously restricted to using only English characters. The proposal was put across by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority as part of a national strategy to manage Arabic language on the internet. It was officially approved by the Ministerial Council for Services yesterday […]

VeriSign IDN Industry Brief

The latest VeriSign Domain Name Industry Brief also spotlights how VeriSign and others in the global Internet community are working to provide a way for people of all languages to navigate the Internet. The issue is important, because Internet usage is growing fastest in countries where English and other Latin-based languages are not the primary […]

25 IDNs sold on Afternic for $875 each

IDN Sales reported by Afternic for last 10 days: سكس.com $875 ビタミン.com $875 télécharger.net $875 银.com $875 自行车.com $875 北九州市.com $875 健康食品.com $875 漆.com $875 热.com $875 船.com $875 电子邮件.com $875 武.com $875 尻.com $875 секс.net $875 харьков.com $875 sueños.com $875 ドレス.com $875 سكس.net $875 беларусь.com $875 塑料.com $875 生命.com $875 出口.com $875 包.com $875 […]

§.com IDN sold for $7,282

§.com Section sign IDN has been sold for 7,282 USD on  Sedo Auction The section sign (§; Unicode U+00A7, HTML entity §) is a typographical character used mainly to refer to a particular section of a document, such as a legal code. It is frequently used along with the pilcrow (¶), or paragraph sign. When […]

Public Interest Registry Opens Call for Nominations for its Advisory Council

Registry for .ORG domain names seeks submissions from Internet leaders Reston, VA – December 19, 2008 – .ORG, The Public Interest Registry, the premier domain where people turn to find credible information, get involved, fund causes and support advocacy, announces it is seeking Internet leaders to fill four (4) open seats on the .ORG Advisory […]