ICANN again intervenes to defend AFRINIC
Africa’s regional internet registry and its longtime antagonist are fighting on old and new fronts
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Africa’s regional internet registry and its longtime antagonist are fighting on old and new fronts
Seeks Clarification and Safeguards on CPE in Formal Notice to ICANN Chair SAN FRANCISCO, April 16, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- BRS Media Inc. today announced it has submitted a form...
ICANN has withdrawn the accreditations of four more long-defunct registrars, bringing this month’s terminations so far to 11. They’re all Chinese, though they do not appear to be u...
ICANN has offered an olive branch to a new gTLD applicant that refuses to accept defeat well over a decade after it was rejected. The Org has offered one last chance for Indian app...
$227k gets you a hearing for your dot.vanity project, or strings in one of 27 scripts The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) on Thursday kicked off a new a...
Unstoppable Domains has got 10 new registrar shell companies accredited by ICANN. According to ICANN records, the companies UnstoppableUS1 LLC through UnstoppableUS10 LLC now have...
Организация ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) накануне инициировала новый процесс приёма заявок на регистрацию доменов первого уровня (gTLD), впервые с 20...
Imagine you’re in a Zoom meeting, discussing policy that will govern the future of the domain name industry, when you suddenly realize not everyone in the room is human. Some are A...
Alan Barrett, a member of ICANN’s board of directors and an internet pioneer in his home of South Africa has died, according to ICANN. The Org said that Barrett died of recently-di...
ICANN wants to increase the number of new gTLD applications it will subsidize from its own coffers, as well as the size of the discounts it will provide. The Applicant Support Prog...
Amazon appears to have offloaded three of its dormant gTLDs to Identity Digital, judging by ICANN records. While no formal notices of registry contract reassignment have yet been p...
ICANN has initiated public compliances proceedings against four unrelated registrars that haven’t paid their fees in a year or more. US-based Domus, Finland-based Globis, Hong Kong...
ICANN has terminated the accreditations of seven registrars for not paying their fees. Haveaname, InstantNames, MisterNIC, NetEstate, Neudomain, OpenName, and TopSystem — all under...
For the first time since 2012, ICANN—the body that governs internet naming—is opening applications for “dotBrand” generic top-level domains (gTLDs) beginning April 30, 2026....By:...
This is the April 2026 edition of Anchovy News. Here you will find articles concerning ICANN, the domain name industry and the recuperation of domain names across the globe. In thi...
ICANN has approved 18 more requests for reduced-fee new gTLD applications under its Applicant Support Program. As of last week, the Org said it has conditionally approved a total o...
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration, or NTIA, has begun seeking proposals for the administration of the .us top-level domain, the U.S. country code Top-L...
As of today, you can now apply to own a piece of the internet’s root zone for the first time since 2012. Almost unbelievably, given some of its relatively recent history, ICANN has...
Identity Digital’s recent acquisition spree has continued, with the company recently taking over as registry operator for a sponsored gTLD that made its debut in 2001. The registry...
There can be few in the ICANN community feeling confident that the Org’s annual general meeting is going to take place in Oman, as currently planned, but its board has kicked the c...
The World Intellectual Property Organisation has tightened its stranglehold on domain name disputes worldwide, taking over administration of .uk’s Dispute Resolution Service. Nomin...
Should gTLD registries that avoid costly auctions by promising to serve special limited communities be allowed to later change their business models to improve sales? That’s the qu...
The .us ccTLD may change registry operators in the not too distant future, but the domain is currently on a fairly steep downward trajectory in terms of registrations. There’s also...
Amazon Registry is planning to join the GlobalBlock trademark-blocking system, judging by ICANN records. The company has filed a Registry Services Evaluation Process request asking...
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