As from February 7th 2010, the Colombian registry relaxes the registration procedure for Colombian domain names significantly. Currently notarised paperwork is needed to register a domain name under the Colombian domain. As from February 7th, this will be no longer needed. It will also be possible for an individual to register a name under the Colombian extension. Also having a local contact in Colombia is no longer necessary, the required local presence is therefore eliminated. It will also become possible to register domain names per year instead of per 2 years. Finally, the registry also allow transfers. The registry hopes that through these measures the number of Colombian name registrations will increase over time so they can carry a price decrease.
The registry is also thinking about realising the .co domain. Currently names can only be registered under the .com.co domain. The registry is considering to make to .co domain also available for registration. The first step in this release would be a sunrise period in which holders of a .com.co name which was registered before July 30th 2008, will get the opportunity to register this name under the .co extension. More information will follow.