Matias Vangsnes

Internet, communication and the concept of open source

Posts Tagged with "afilias"

Demand Media’s White Paper On New gTLD’s

Wednesday, August 8th, 2012

Demand Media, Inc. published a white paper (pdf) on the new gTLD’s today and I found it an interesting read. The paper is entitled: “The Opportunity for generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) Some of the highlights: “After years of planning and debate, a big change is coming to the way organizations and individuals identify themselves [...]

Afilias Launches Managed Registry Services

Monday, June 25th, 2012

PRAGUE–(EON: Enhanced Online News)–Afilias Limited, the operator of the .INFO, .MOBI and .PRO top level domains (TLD) and a leading provider of registry technical services, today announced the immediate availability of its Managed Registry Services. “Afilias has more experience applying for, launching and running TLDs than any other provider, which makes us the best choice [...]

Dotbrands on Watch as ICANN’s Mar. 29th New TLD Deadline Draws Near

Saturday, March 17th, 2012

ICANN 43, the other digital conference of note this week, wraps up today in Costa Rica with a piece of the Internet’s future in hand, as the April 12th deadline for domain name applications draws near. As of March 10th, an estimated 254 applicants had registered their intent to apply for generic top-level domain names [...]

Almost Half of Major Consumer Brands Set to Apply for a dot Brand Top-Level Domain

Friday, March 16th, 2012

Lack of awareness jeopardizing applications While the majority of respondents are aware of the dot Brand opportunity, almost half of those businesses — 47 percent — were unaware of the looming deadline: April 12, 2012, when ICANN will close the submission window. Further, 17 percent of respondents said they would consider it “regrettable” if they [...]

Almost Half of Major Consumer Brands Set to Apply for a dot Brand Top-Level Domain

Thursday, March 15th, 2012

DUBLIN, Mar 15, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) – Leading registry services provider Afilias today announced the results of a USA / UK survey, conducted by Vanson Bourne, on dot Brand top-level domains (TLDs). The survey found that 82 percent of major brands are aware of the opportunity to apply for a dot Brand TLD, and 54 [...]

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