John Demco
Afilias Acquires .MOBI Domain Registry – Afilias has acquired mTLD Top-Level Domain Ltd., the operator of the .mobi domain registry, in a private deal. Afilias is the registry operator for .info, and had already been providing registry services to mTLD. There are more than 950,000 .mobi domains registered worldwide.
ICANN Publishes Salary Information – In a document describing its compensation practices, ICANN has published salary information for the officers of the corporation. Annual base salaries are: President and CEO Rod Beckstrom, $USD 750,000; COO Doug Brent, $270,000; General Counsel and Secretary John Jeffrey, $230,000; Senior VP Services Kurt Pritz, $245,000; and CFO Kevin Wilson, $170,000. Additionally available are bonus, vacation, and health and welfare plans.
Picks To Click
- The .info registry has applied to offer one- and two-character .info domain names for registration.
- Version 1.0.0 of OpenDNSSEC, an open-source implementation of DNSSEC, has been released.
- CIRA has become a member of the Ottawa Internet Exchange, OTTIX.
- Nominet, the .uk registry, launches the Nominet News newsletter.
- ICANN has terminated its accreditation agreement with three registrars: DNGLOBE, ISPREG, and SBNames.
- Microsoft wins a dispute over windows7.ca.
Timeline
- Sun, Mar 7 – Fri, Mar 12: ICANN meetings in Nairobi, Kenya
- Mon, Mar 29 – last day for comments on two ICANN DNS security proposals
- Fri, Apr 2: last day for applications to the ICANN Nominating Committee
- Sun, Jun 20 – Fri, Jun 25: ICANN meetings in Brussels, Belgium
- Thu, Jul 1: registry fee increases for .com/.net take effect