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Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) – What you need to know

Posted on December 12, 2012September 1, 2016 by

Webnames.ca would like to announce that on January 13, 2013, we will start offering the ability to register Internationalized Domain Names (IDN). In short, .CA holders will be able to use characters that are outside American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) or the English Alphabet. In Canada’s case, CIRA will be implementing the use…

CIRA Proposes Revised Policy on French Characters in .CA Domain Names

Posted on January 26, 2012September 3, 2013 by

Garrett Saundry

The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is in the midst of a public consultation http://idnconsultation.ca on the use of Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) in the .CA domain. Specifically, CIRA is proposing to support the use of French characters in .CA domain names. After making an initial proposal and conducting an extensive consultation in 2011, CIRA…