BrandShelter™ News

10 Latest News Items:

• Sunrise for Second-Level Domain Names under .PA (Panama)

  NIC-Panama, the registry for .PA (Panama) domains, has started a domain Sunrise for second-level domains. » read more

  2012-05-16 | Julia Zang

• .PT and .ES: Domain figures increase

  .PT lists 29,000 registrations after rules liberalization and .ES has passed 1.5 million registration mark. » read more

  2012-05-15 | Julia Zang

• Application System for new TLDs still closed

  ICANN' s TLD Application System (TAS) remains closed. ICANN's news update from today still doesn't provide information on when the system will reopen for the final five application days. » read more

  2012-05-08 | Julia Zang

• .OM relaunch and launch of .oman in Arabic script

  ARI Registry Services and the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of the Sultanate of Oman relaunched the .OM country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) and will also launch .oman in Arabic script. » read more

  2012-05-03 | Julia Zang

• .XXX Registry Applies for More Adult TLDs at ICANN

  ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX top-level domain (TLD) has announced three applications for new adult entertainment-related TLDs .SEX, .PORN and .ADULT at ICANN. Each of the new TLD applications were submitted under separate, wholly-owned subsidiaries of ICM Registry LLC. » read more

  2012-04-16 | Dorothea Marx

• Registry changes policy for .ORG.TW domains

  We would like to inform you of a new registry policy implemented by TWNIC for .ORG.TW domain names effective as of now. » read more

  2012-04-13 | Jasmina Meiser

• ICANN News: New gTLD registration system closed yesterday

  Yesterday, the ICANN TLD Application System (TAS) was closed for anyone planning to apply for a new gTLD to register and submit a TLD application request. According to ICANN, there were 839 registered users in the TAS on March 25. These registered users can submit their gTLDs applications until April 12 at the latest. » read more

  2012-03-30 | Jasmina Meiser

• .NAME: numbers only / number-hyphen domains as of April 2

  ICANN has approved Verisign's registry service request to remove pure numbers and combinations of numbers and hyphens from the list of names required to be reserved at the second level of .NAME domains. » read more

  2012-03-30 | Jasmina Meiser

• DNSSEC for .AT now Available

  The nic.at registry system now accepts DS records for the .AT name space. Thus, now it is possible to secure .AT domain names using DNSSEC via BrandShelter. » read more

  2012-03-19 | Jamile Tarabay

• .UK One-year and Multi-year Registrations Available as of May 1, 2012

  On May 1, 2012 Nominet will be introducing one-year and multi-year registration periods so that .UK domain names can be registered and renewed for between 1 and 10 years. » read more

  2012-03-19 | Jasmina Meiser
• 2012-03-19 - AFNIC: Introduction of Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs)
• 2012-03-15 - WIPO: 2,764 Cybersquatting Cases in 2011
• 2012-03-15 - .GT registry Introduced IDN Domains and Second-level .GT Domains
• 2012-03-09 - Liberalization of the Registration Rules for .PT Domain Names