John Demco
Worldwide Domain Name Registrations Surpass 193 Million – According to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief published by VeriSign, the first quarter of 2010 ended with more than 193 million domain names worldwide, an annual increase of 11 million registrations, or 6%. Registrations from the ccTLDs stood at 76.3 million, a 2.9% decrease for the quarter but a 3.2% increase annually. The number of .cn domains declined due to policy changes. The largest domains are: .com, .de, .net, .cn, .uk, .org, .info, .nl, .eu, and .ru.
Picks To Click
- Notes and photos from the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Vancouver conference, in the domain industry news magazine DN Journal. The conference featured several sessions on the .ca domain.
- A ceremony to generate the first DNSSEC key to secure the root zone will be held on June 16 in Culpeper, Virginia.
- The agenda for the ICANN Board meeting in Brussels on June 25 has been posted.
- Perfetti Van Melle Benelux B.V. wins a dispute over mentos.ca
- Toyota Canada loses a dispute over scion.ca.
Timeline
- Sun, Jun 20 – Fri, Jun 25: ICANN meetings in Brussels, Belgium
- Thu, Jul 1: registry fee increases for .com/.net take effect
- Thu, Jul 15: production signed root zone to be available
- Tue, Aug 3 – Mon, Aug 16: call for Member Nominees for CIRA Board election
- Thu, Aug 26 – Thu, Sep 9: shows of support for Member Nominees for CIRA election
- Tue, Sep 14 – Tue, Sep 21: online forum for CIRA Board of Directors election
- 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