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New TLD nobody talked about: .post

Earlier this week a new TLD was launched, but it seems hardly anybody noticed. The “Universal Postal Union” had requested the TLD “.post” in 2003. It took about 6 years to get approved and another 3 years before it now actually (sort of) launched.

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NIC.uy expected to announce sunrise for .uy

Our correspondent in Uruguay has informed us that the .uy-registry will most probably announce the release of registrations directly under .uy within the coming days or weeks.  Because this is not official yet, an exact launch date isn’t know yet.

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Unannounced sunrise for .pa!

The registry of Panama is holding an unannounced sunrise for second level domain name registrations under .pa. Until now, only registrations under subdomains like .com.pa or .org.pa where possible. While not officially announced on the registries website yet, we have received confirmation that a sunrise procedure for direct registrations under .pa has started. Any holder […]

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Some .fr-registrants might be up for a surprise

During the course of 2011, the .fr-registry (AFNIC) applied some new rules to their registrars. This meant every existing .fr-registrar had to re-apply to be able to remain a registrar and had to go through some tests and verifications in order to remain officially accredited by the registry. The dead-line for this was actually begin […]

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DNS.be is going to manage .vlaanderen

The Flemish government decided today DNS.be (.be registry) will be responsible for the management of the .vlaanderen extension. This was announced today by the registry.

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Over 6% of .no domain names might be deleted soon

NORID, the registry in charge of .no domain names, recently started verifying if owners of existing .no domain names were still allowed to register a .no-name according to the registration rules. In order to be able to register a .no domain name, you need to be an official Norwegian company and only a limited amount […]

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10 million .uk names registered

Today Nominet (.uk registry) sent out a press release in which they announced they’ve passed the milestone of 10 million .uk registrations. Obviously the .uk registry is very pleased with this great news.

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Anti-gambling law (again) in the way of decent landrush

When a new TLD is launched and multiple applicants might be trying to register the same domain name, there is always the question how to determine who will actually get the domain name and who will come second. Most people in the domain name registration business prefer such a “landrush” to be either run via […]

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Guatemala introduces IDN and .gt

On March 5th 2012 the .gt registry introduces 2 new things: the possibility to register an IDN domain name and the possibility to register a (IDN) .gt domain name.

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Liberalisation .pt coming soon

DNS.pt (.pt registry) has announced they’ll soon relax the rules or .pt domain name registrations. By doing this the registry hopes to increase the number of .pt registrations.

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