Verisign has applied for 14 new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) including 12 transliterations of .COM and .NET as well as being selected to provide back-end registry services for approximately…
The Swiss Top Level Domain .CH is 25 years old: it was in May 1987 that .ch was registered as the Swiss ending. This was the point at which the…
The International Rugby Board has announced that it is applying to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to acquire the .RUGBY generic top-level domain name (gTLD). The…
ICANN has confirmed that the April 30 gTLD reveal date has been postponed. While it has not provided a new timeframe, with the online application system likely to be down…
Under the leadership of the African Union Commission, UniForum SA, trading as the ZA Central Registry (ZACR), has applied for a new Internet extension, .Africa (or dotAfrica). ZA Central Registry…
The Internet's governing body said this week that a glitch with the handling of attachments was the culprit behind the takedown of its domain name application system. The problem, however,…
Exclusive ICM Registry, which runs the controversial .xxx top-level domain, today revealed that it has applied to ICANN for the gTLDs .porn, .sex and .adult. The Florida-based company hopes to…
London's official PR agency has filed its application with ICANN to get its hands on a new .london top-level internet domain, just before the deadline closes. London & Partners today…
Amsterdam has applied for its own TLD at ICANN. The alternative offered by Unifiedroot has not been considered before the costly application was made. Amsterdam seeks ICANN TLD registration without…
The creation of new internet domain names for Wales could put the small nation on the online map, Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones has said. A bid for website addresses…