IDN News

ICANN: String Similarity IDN Variant Review Results

IDN News — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 04:54:23 +0000

In an announcement on 26 February 2013, ICANN published a list of string similarity contention sets wherein two or more applied-for gTLD strings are identical or so nearly resemble one another visually that they are likely to cause confusion. In ICANN’s New gTLD program, string similarity checks on Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) strings go beyond [...]

ICANN: IDN ccTLD Request From Sudan Successfully Passes String Evaluation

IDN News — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 11:19:22 +0000

ICANN is pleased to announce the successful completion of String Evaluation on proposed IDN ccTLD string for Sudan. Details of the successful evaluation are provided here: http://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/fast-track/string-evaluation-completion/s The IDN (Internationalized Domain Name) ccTLD Fast Track Process was approved by the ICANN Board at its annual meeting in Seoul, South Korea on 30 October 2009. First [...]

Google Registers 18 IDN Domains

IDN News — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 02:14:14 +0000

National Business Daily reported: 18 domain names registered by Internet giant which included adsense.中国、adwords.中国、android.中国、blogspot.中国、chrome.中国、chromium.中国、 doubleclick.中国、gmail.中国、google.中国、googlemail.中国、googlemaps.中国、 googleplus.中国、igoogle.中国、nexus.中国、orkut.中国、picasa.中国、postini.中国、youtube. 中国 .中国 is the Chinese IDN ccTLD. The well-known IT commentator Cao Yueping says 18 domain registrations is a signal that China is still remains as a key market for Google. China Mobile Internet Industry Alliance Secretary-General Lee Yi [...]

EURid, UNESCO to present report on IDNs

IDN News — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 02:06:59 +0000

The .eu registry EURid and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) will present on 6 November a report on the global uptake of Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs). The study is planned to go out at the 7th Internet Governance Forum (IGF) meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan and it will present updates to the [...]

ICANN: IDN Variant TLD Program Update

IDN News — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 11:17:25 +0000

The IDN Variant TLD Program has the following two updates: Volunteer Team formed to assist the development of the Label Generation Ruleset Process for the Domain Name System (DNS) Root Zone ICANN is pleased to announce the formation of a global volunteer team, comprised of community experts, who will work with ICANN on the project [...]

ICANN: New IDN gTLD Applied-For Strings

IDN News — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 11:45:02 +0000

String [1] Applicant Location [2] Community? [3] Geographic? [4] дети The Foundation for Network Initiatives “The Smart Internet” RU - - католик Pontificium Consilium de Comunicationibus Socialibus (PCCS) (Pontifical Council for Social Communication) VA Yes - ком VeriSign Sarl CH - - москва Foundation for Assistance for Internet Technologies and Infrastructure Development (FAITID) RU [...]

Verisign Announces Participation in ICANN’s New gTLD Program

IDN News — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 11:28:04 +0000

RESTON, VA — (Marketwire) — 06/13/12 — VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure services for the networked world, today announced that the Company applied for nine Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) transliterations of .com and three IDN transliterations of .net. These applications represent 12 of the 14 new generic Top Level Domain [...]

PIR announce Four New gTLD’s IDN of .ORG

IDN News — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 10:09:57 +0000

The Registry Submits Applications to ICANN for Four Top-Level Internationalized Domain Names RESTON, Va., May 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — Public Interest Registry( http://www.pir.org ) (PIR) – the not-for-profit operator of the .ORG domain – today applied for the creation and management of four internationalized domain names (IDNs) recognized as .ORG in non-Latin-based scripts. As part [...]

Oman introduces عمان. (.oman), the Arabic script IDN ccTLD

IDN News — Wed, 02 May 2012 01:58:04 +0000

Muscat, Oman – 1st May 2012 – The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of the Sultanate of Oman, with the support of ARI Registry Services, officially relaunched the .om country code Top-Level Domain (ccTLD) today in a move to ensure the ongoing stability and growth of the Internet within the country and greater Gulf region. ARI [...]

Москва.com IDN sold for $216000

IDN News — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:09:02 +0000

DNJournal recorded the Largest IDN deal for Москва.com (“Moscow” in Russian) which was completed in July 2011 when the final installment on a $216,000 purchase price was paid. That is the highest verified sale price reported to date for an IDN. The deal was originally subject to a confidentiality agreement but Gary Males at IDNTools.com [...]