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  • Afnic to launch IDNs in July

    February 22, 2012

    French registry Afnic will introduce non-Latin characters in the six ccTLDs that it manages by July 2012, giving existing domain owners exclusive rights to take internationalised domain names (IDNs)

  • Ru-Center wins appeal over Cyrillic domains

    November 03, 2011

    Russia's largest registrar has avoided a $7.8 million fine after a court upheld an appeal over competition law breaches following the launch of the Cyrillic version of the .ru domain

  • Public criticises .ca proposal

    November 01, 2011

    Cybersquatters will “blackmail” Canadian .ca domain owners if registrants are allowed to buy domains containing non-Latin characters, according to comments posted on the latest IDN plans

  • Rod Beckstrom to leave Icann role

    August 17, 2011

    Icann’s president and chief executive Rod Beckstrom is to step down from his position when his tenure expires on July 1 2012

  • Crunch time for gTLDs in Singapore

    June 16, 2011

    Icann’s 41st public meeting will be one of the most important in its history as it prepares to finalise the gTLD application process and begin an unprecedented opening up of the domain name system

  • Domain names grow 8% year-on-year

    May 27, 2011

    At the end of the first quarter of 2011 there were more than 209.8 million domain name registrations, according to a report published by VeriSign

  • Why luxury goods brands need an IDN strategy

    May 05, 2011

    The launch of new gTLDs has rather overshadowed the rise of internationalised domain names (IDNs). But with several markets already taking registrations, brands need to work out which domains they want

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