Category Archives: TLD Updates

The .om (Oman) registry, Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA), has re-launched second level domain name registrations under .om. Registrations are now open on first-come first-served basis to companies in accordance with the current registration requirements of .com.om and .co.om. As .om … Continue reading →

From January 13, 2013 .ca domain names with French characters will become available for registration. When the French IDN is introduced, every French character variant of a registered .ca domain name will form part of an administrative bundle of domain … Continue reading →

From November 15, 2012 Sint Maarten (the Dutch half of the Caribbean island of Saint Martin which became an autonomous country in October 2010), began offering domain name registrations to the general public in its new country code Top Level … Continue reading →

سودان , the proposed IDN ccTLD string for Sudan, has recently successfully completed string evaluation at ICANN. Details of the successful evaluation are provided here: www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/fast-track/string-evaluation-completion/s

The .CO registry is launching Scandinavian Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) in the .CO namespace. Scandinavian IDNs (Icelandic, Danish, Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian) will be available for registration within the second and third level domains of .co, .com.co, .net.co, .nom.co and … Continue reading →

The .UK registry, Nominet, is proposing to launch .UK (second level registrations) in 2013. Currently, registrations are only allowed at the third level, as such .CO.UK being Britain’s main Internet suffix. Nominet has launched a consultation process on whether .UK … Continue reading →

Directi has announced that it will be launching .PW – the Professional Web, as a generic and open TLD. The launch schedule includes Sunrise, Landrush and General Availability phases. The Sunrise period will start on 3 December 2012 and last … Continue reading →

SVNet, the .SV (El Salvador) registry, launched a Sunrise phase accepting registration of second level domain names under the .SV domain space. The Sunrise phase is open between 1 October 2012 and 30 November 2012. During this phase, registrants of … Continue reading →

From 3 October 2012, TelNic, the registry managing .TEL domain names, will add French characters to its current IDN set. The special characters added are: à, â, æ, ç, è, é, ê, ë, î, ï, ô, ù, û, ü, ÿ … Continue reading →

ISNIC, the Icelandic registry, is planning a launch of a new feature to provide increased security of its .IS domain names. The new feature will enable registrants to mark their domain names as “Very Important Domains” (VIDs). VIDs are designed … Continue reading →