John DemcoMore Registry Price Increases – Following VeriSign’s registry price increases announced for .com and .net, Public Interest Registry and Afilias have announced registry-level price increases for .org and .info names, respectively. The increases for each are 2.5%, from $US 6.00 to $6.15, and will take effect in October. Individual registrars will decide whether or not to change their retail prices.
.ASIA Domain To Launch – DotAsia Organization, registry operator for the .asia domain for the Asia/Pacific region, will begin accepting .asia domain name applications in June. According to DotAsia documents, the launch will begin with a sunrise process separated into three main phases: the first for governments, the second for Registered Mark owners, and the third for registered companies.
.EU Domain Is One Year Old – The .eu domain for Europe has turned one year old, and has more than 2.5 million registrations. It is the third most popular European TLD, after .uk and .de.
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* GoDaddy.com, Inc. wins a dispute over godaddy.ca.
* The agenda of the April 24, 2007 meeting of the CIRA Board of Directors.