The number of .be names has risen with almost 17% in 2008. At the end of 2008, there were 859,474 domain names registered with DNS.be. That’s an increase of 16.7% compared with 2007, when there were 736,498 domain names registered. ‘Although there’s a growth in .be registrations the net growth is not as high as […]
Read more >Last year the government of Kentucky seized 141 domain names related to online gambling. You can read the whole article about the seizure here. Now the court has made a final ruling. There was decided that the government of Kentucky doesn’t have jurisdiction over domain names because domain names are not “gambling devices” as prohibited […]
Read more >The French government has called for tenders from organisations interested in becoming the central .fr registry for the next 7 years. At the moment AFNIC is the central registry but apparently the French government wants everbody to take a shot. The call for tenders is a complete surprise. No one even ever considered the possibility […]
Read more >Approximately 3 years after the first sunrise, .eu has passed the milstone of 3 million registrations. This extension grew to the fifth largest worldwide after .cn, .de, .uk and .nl. Remarkable is that the pace with which the extension grows, decreases. A year and a half ago, there were already 2 million .eu names registered. […]
Read more >From February 5th 2009, a new policy for .org names will be in force. With this policy the .org registry takes a strong stand against the abuse of .org domains. The following matters are considered as abuse: illegal and fraudulent actions, distribution of child pornography, phishing, spam, botnets,… The new policy contains different possibilities to […]
Read more >bNamed now also offers the following extensions: .kg (Kyrgyzstan), .tj (Tajikistan) and .uz (Uzbekistan). There are no special conditions for registering these extensions so everbody can register them. By offering these 3 extra extensions, bNamed is able to cover the whole Russian region. Enabling you to protect your name in this whole region without a […]
Read more >‘Scotland will bid for the personal extension .scot,’ tells Alex Salmond, Scotland’s first Minister. ‘As soon as it possible to register your own extension through ICANN, we’ll try to register .scot,’ says Salmond. ‘It’s time that the Scottish people get their own identity on the Internet,’ adjust Salmond. The Scottish government held several surveys amongst […]
Read more >If someone registers your registered trademark or company name, or a name that is confusingly similar, you can start an alternative dispute resolution procedure (ADR). This ADR needs to be introduced with Cepina and the costs for this introduction are €1620. If you win, DNS.be reimburses you 50% of the costs. From February 15th this […]
Read more >In 2008, over 200,000 new .be names were registered. It’s the first time that the number of new registrations reaches such a high level. ‘Two weeks before the end of the year, already 212,715 new .be names are registered,’ says Hans Seeuws, spokesman of DNS.be. ‘ It’s the first time that the number of new […]
Read more >DNS be offers the possibility to better protect your .be domain name against unwanted requests for trades and transfers. You can choose to lock your domain name through your current registrar. ‘If a .be name has the status locked requests for trades and transfers will always be refused at first, ‘ says DNS CEO Marc […]
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