New TLDs

.ORG, The Public Interest Registry Hires Don Blumenthal as Senior Policy Advisor

Prior to joining PIR, Mr. Blumenthal created and then directed the Federal Trade Commission's Internet Lab, a pioneering effort in the development of facilities dedicated to the collection and development of evidence needed to prosecute illegal online activity.

CentralNic Completes Largest DNSSEC Deployment

CentralNic Ltd, the global domain name registry, today announced that it has completed the largest deployment of DNSSEC of any registry to date. CentralNic, which operates the registry system for 22 domain extensions has finished rollout of the new security technology across all its extensions.

Afilias Secures .GI, .MN, and .SC Domains with DNSSEC

Afilias, a global provider of Internet infrastructure services, today announced that it has enabled Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) for .GI, the country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) for Gibraltar, .MN for Mongolia, and .SC for the Seychelles.

PIR Hosts .ORG in Real Time With David M. Scott: Web Strategy, Domain Names, and Building Your Brand

What's in a domain name? With over 8.5 million registrants, .ORG, The Public Interest Registry (PIR), manager of the world's third largest generic top-level domain, held an intimate breakfast and discussion today with acclaimed marketing specialist David Meerman Scott to impart answers to this fundamental question.

Afilias Offers Domain Name Registrars Integrated Registry and DNS Solutions for New TLDs

Afilias, a global provider of domain name registry and DNS services, announced that it is now offering domain name registrars a full suite of registry and DNS services to ensure that both their proposed new top-level domain (new TLD) applications and registries are successful.

Afilias and DotAsia Collaborate on DNSSEC Implementation for .ASIA

This week, at the 79th Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) meeting in Beijing, China, Afilias and DotAsia jointly announced that Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) has been enabled for the .ASIA top-level domain.

Neustar Announces Domain Registry Service Offering for Registrars

Neustar, Inc. announces a service offering that will enable domain name registrars to enter the registry market. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) made an announcement yesterday that registrars would be permitted to apply for new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) in May of 2011.

Afilias Improves Security for .IN Domain With DNSSEC

Afilias today announced that it has enabled Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) for the .IN country code top-level domain (TLD) for the country of India, improving global security for this domain which houses over 700,000 .IN domains.

Neustar and Valideus Join Forces to Provide Brand Owners with High-Quality Domain Registry Solutions

Neustar Inc., a leading provider of Internet registry services, and Valideus, a consultancy group providing dedicated management services for the new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs), today announced a strategic partnership to provide Valideus' European and worldwide brand owners with all of the services required to register their own company or brand names as a gTLD.

Afilias and .JO Registry Bring Native Language E-mail to Arabic Internet Users

Afilias and the National Information Technology Center of Jordan announced that they have partnered to produce the first public demonstration of an e-mail message between two completely internationalized (or IDN) e-mail addresses in the Arabic language, using Afilias' new IDN e-mail technology and a fully IDN domain name and IDN TLD from the .JO registry.