Domain Name News - April 25, 2010

By John on April 25, 2010 12:29 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

First IDN Top-Level Domains Approved - The ICANN Board has approved the delegation of the first four IDN ccTLDs:

рф (xn--p1ai, "R.F.") representing the Russian Federation,
السعودية (xn--mgberp4a5d4ar, "Al-Saudia") representing Saudi Arabia,
امارات (xn--mgbaam7a8h, "Emarat") representing the United Arab Emirates, and
مصر (xn--wgbh1c, "Misr") representing Egypt.

New Second-Level Domain Names Considered for Australia - auDA, the Australian domain name administrator, has released a discussion paper inviting public comments on second-level domain names under the .au domain. An advisory panel is to evaluate proposals for two little-used subdomains, info.au and conf.au, and proposals for two suggested new subdomains, blog.au and event.au.

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The ICANN meetings on December 5-10 will be held in Cartagena, Columbia.

Timeline

Mon, May 10: last day for comments on report on .xxx process options
Sun, Jun 20 - Fri, Jun 25: ICANN meetings in Brussels, Belgium
Thu, Jul 1: registry fee increases for .com/.net take effect
Tue, Sep 21: CIRA Annual General Meeting
Wed, Sep 22 - Wed, Sep 29: CIRA Board of Directors election
Sun, Dec 5 - Fri, Dec 10: ICANN meetings in Cartagena, Columbia

Domain Name News - April 25, 2010

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