CentralNic Signs Agreement with Domain Venture Partners London, England; February 18, 2014 – CentralNic plc (AIM:CNIC), the internet platform business which derives revenues from the worldwide sale of internet domain names, today announces that it has signed an agreement (“agreement”) with Domain Venture Partners’ new investment fund, DVP II, whereby the Company has been selected …
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Feb 16 2014
Nominet Selected as Emergency Back-End Registry Operator (EBERO) for new gTLDs
Congratulations to Nominet for being selected as provider for the EBERO service. ICANN is pleased to announce that Nominet recently signed an agreement to act as Emergency Back-End Registry Operator (EBERO) for new gTLDs. EBERO service providers offer an additional layer of protection to the Domain Name System (DNS). Should anything happen to a gTLD …
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Feb 12 2014
Another 7 newGTLDs Now Available .contractors .camera .equipment .estate .gallery .graphics .lighting .photography
Starting from today additional Domain Names are able to be registered in targeted/specific newGTLDs (Global Top Level Domains) under General Availability. Today sees the general availability of the newGTLDs: .camera .equipment .estate .gallery .graphics .lighting .photography with more than 1000 more coming out during 2014’s weekly newGTLD roll-out, if you’ve not decided on your newGTLD …
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Feb 06 2014
First 7 newGTLDs Now Available .bike .clothing .guru .holdings .plumbing .singles .ventures
Starting from today Domain Names are able to registered addresses in targeted/specific/additional newGTLDs (Global Top Level Domains). Today sees the general availability of the first 7 newGTLDs: .bike .clothing .guru .holdings .plumbing .singles .ventures with more than 1000 more coming out during 2014’s weekly newGTLD roll-out. As of now the internet domain name systems are …
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Jan 31 2014
newGTLDs – Protecting Your Brand and Trademark Infographic
ICANN have published an infographic for their favourite overlords – IP Rights Holders. This provides some detail/information regarding trademarks and the new policies/procedures/acronyms TM holders can use in the newGTLD world. They have of course missed several vital pieces of the puzzle off the graphics, the least of which is to inform you that every …
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Jan 08 2014
.eu extends to Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway
As of today, residents, companies and organisations based in Iceland (IS), Liechtenstein (LI) and Norway (NO) will be eligible to register domain names under the .EU top level domain Iceland, Lichtenstein and Norway now allowed to register EU domains Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway have had close economic ties with the European Union since the Community’s …
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Sep 10 2013
New TLD .africa.com now available for registrations at astutium.com
Great news ! Astutium Ltd are now an accredited registrar for the new .africa.com subdomains The latest CentralNIC TLD .africa.com is now available for registration at the Astutium Domain Registration website Unlike most African ccTLDs, .africa.com is open to all registrants – providing opportunity to target global citizens wishing to connect with Africa as well …
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Aug 11 2013
Swedish Registry (dotSE) takes over running .nu (dotNU) ccTLD
At the end of August 2013 the Swedish Registry IIS.SE will take over the running of the registry services for .nu from WorldNames. All currently registered .nu domain names will be managed by IIS who already operate the registry for .se New domain registrations, transfers, renewals and updates for .NU will continue to be available …
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Apr 15 2013
Temporary suspension of .TC, .GD and .VG from registration and update
Due to continuing uncertainties regarding the administration and delegation of the ccTLDs: .TC .GD .VG we are temporarily unable to allow any modifications, registrations, transfers or renewals of domains of these ccTLDs. Currently, the resolution of existing registered domain names is not affected. We are awaiting the IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) decision over the …
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Mar 30 2013
The myths of .brand
So you’re ready to (or already did) apply for your very own “slice” of the internet with a .brand application. After months of planning, financing, application forms, trademarks, legal documentation- its all green lights across the board – this time next year you’ll be billionaires owning a piece of the future, all costs are detailed …
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