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Affilias, the .info registry, has released its 2010 annual report. According to the report, .info had a total of 6.8 million registrations at the end of September, a significant increase over previous years. Affilias bills the .info domain as the first “new TLD”.…
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As we reported in February, Affilias, who operates the .info Registry, asked ICANN for approval to sell one and two character .info domain names. ICANN approved this request at it’s board meeting last Thursday, 4/22/10.
Affilias plans to distribute the new one and two character domain names in a similar …
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.Info Registry Affilias has asked ICANN to approve their plan to offer one and two character domain names. ICANN originally reserves all one and two character domains from being registered with all newer TLDs.
.biz Registry Neustar recently launched one and two character domain names for registration and Affilias plans …
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The Domain Registry of the .info domain, Affilias, has acquired dotMobi, the Registry for the .mobi TLD.
Under the terms of their deal, Affilias acquired all of dotMobi’s issued and outstanding stock. They plan to operate dotMobi as a wholly owned subsidiary.
The two companies have been working together for …
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UltraDNS, the primary provider of the .info domain extension, was the victim of a denial-of-service attack that sent nearly 2 million requests per second to the company’s servers. The company said that they were able to get the attack blocked before it had an effect on their primary DNS services.…
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Afilias announced that as of May 2002, there are now more than 200,000 live websites using the .info domain. The report shows that growth is particularly strong in Europe. The 200,000 live websites constitute 24% of all .info registrations. Another 9% redirect to another TLD (i.e. .com or .net) and …
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Despite a rough start, the .info domain is picking up steam with more than 900,000 registrations since pre-registration began last year. The TLD has the potential to become a viable supplant to the three most popular TLDs, .com, .net, and .org.…
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The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) reached a landmark decision in a .info trademark infringement case. INT Media Group, owners of the InternetNews.com trademark, sued Spanish entrepreneur Christian Castresana’s use of InternetNews.info. The company claimed that they attempted to register the domain during the .info sunrise, but says the registration …
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Domain Registrants who registered .info domains under false pretences could soon be losing those names. Afilias, the .info Registry, filed challenges to an initial 741 registrants who they believe registered domains with false information. The filed challenges are expected to rise into the thousands.…
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The new .name TLD, which rolled out this week, has gotten off to a slow start with 60,000 domains registered. These numbers are below the initial estimates and below the roll-outs for the .biz and .info TLDs, which each had upwards of 200,000 registrations during their opening. Administrators expect registrations …
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New.net, Inc. announced that they have a new partner in Europe, Europe’s Tiscali, which will begin acknowledging the company’s non-ICANN endorsed TLDs, including .biz, .info, and .aero.…
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Despite ICANN hyping the new .biz and .info TLDs, business has been slow for both new extensions. The domains that have been registered generally are to companies who are registering the new TLD version of their main .com domain. According to most, while the new TLDs are an option, .com …
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NeuLevel, the company managing the new .biz TLD, opens its doors for business on Wednesday, a month after originally planned. The new TLD is marketed towards business related websites. The debut of the new TLD comes a month after the launch of .info, another new TLD, and a year after …
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While the top three domain extensions, .com, .net, and .org, continue to crowd, new domain options become available to consumers. The first new TLD, .info, was launched on October 1st and the second, .biz, launches next month. According to Afilias Limited, “the market will ultimately decide” how useful each of …
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Afilias Limited, the new .info Registry, put a hold on .info registrations after experiencing problems during their land grab. The delay will continue until the company is sure that the system is up and running correctly. Customers attempting to register domains encountered several delays.…
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Afilias Limited, the registry in charge of the new .info TLD, plans to make the new extension live on September 19, ahead of .biz, which is planned for October. The Registry plans to go live first because they forecast a strong demand for new TLDs.…
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The domain Registries for the new top-level domains (TLDs) are preparing for a mad rush when the new Internet addresses are launched. The new ICANN approved TLDs include .info, .pro, .name, .biz, .aero, and .museum.…
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The International Ad Hoc Committee (IAHC) today announced plans for seven new top-level domain extensions, including “.store”, “.arts”, “.info”, “.firm”, and “.web”. The plan would alleviate over-crowding in the domain market, particularly with the rush to register “.com’s”…
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