ICANN chairman saw little value in delaying a ICANN release of the new gTLD program, when critics have not found a specific problem that they needed to change in order to not delay the release. With the release of the the application, the cost to buy a new domain has a  huge application fee attached to it   of 185,000. The applicants will be able to push away from the traditional .dot com’s and will be able to have a new ending, opening all sorts of marketing strategies. The Federal Trade Commission claims that the new system will be able to create fraudulent websites and confuse users. However, ICANN says they have set up significant amount of time and financial interests aside to assure the success of the program. The concern is for users to become victims of internet cyber-hackers who pray on misspellings of websites. To read further on this topic click here.

The UAE, the domain administrator for .ae, continues to implement practices for protecting intellectual property from their registrants. The policy was created and went public in 2009. The terms to register a domain name have become increasingly tough and they say that the registrant should be aware  about reserved names and cultural or moral names  and should complete their applications to their fullest in order to have good faith applications. The ccTLD’s according to the administration will be registered and will be handled in a transparent manner. To read further on this subject click here. 

The Internet made a new stride yesterday and is emerging  with possibilities for anyone to register web address suffixes for 185,000 dollars. This launch is the  so-called dot brand names and has endless opportunities for marketers to make brand new images for companies online. These new changes have not gone well with the federal trade commission and warned businesses that this new gTLD system could be a nightmare. Forty of the world’s largest companies have already complained to ICANN and to FTC that this will increase costs and they don’t see the benefit.  Applicants have until April 12th to sign up. The first domains will be seen in 2013.  To read further on this story click here.

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Last month ICANN had its 42nd public meeting in Dakar and a volunteer group called JAS has high hopes that there could be subsidized gTLD application fees for applicants who need it. The hope is that the 185,000 fee will be reduced for 45,000 for developing nations applicants. JAS is also setting up a loan program for these applicants to afford the reduced fee and pay back the group overtime. However, ICANN has no intention of changing the fee, because according to representatives the fees have been set up accordingly to cost. To read further on this topic please click here.

.RU has made major strides this year and hit 3.5 million registered domain names on October 18, 2011. In August the .RU domain beat out .CN and .EU and surpassed their global rankings.  Just two months ago the .РФ  domain hit 900,000 domains. Russia on the domain name scene is becoming a major player and holds steadily in the rankings. They have the potential to have their national domains grow even larger in the future. To read further please click here.

The National Internet Exchange in India claims that the one millionth .IN registration has been made. India’s information industry is lacking tremendously and only 8% of the population is using the internet, although more than 70 % of the population has cell phones. There is a potential to have new sites emerging in India, where there are 800 million cell phone connections and the possibly for them to gain internet access on their cell phones could be huge to the internet industry. If the industry and government push to advance there could be a giant boom in registrations in India.  To read further please click here.

The International Domain Name (IDN) extension for United Arab Emirates’ .ae (“Emarat”), is now in Sunrise.

The امارات. top-level domain may be registered by applicants backed by trademarks until December 15, 2010, and provides an opportunity for companies to communicate and advertise to a targeted Arab audience that may have been reluctant due to a language barrier to use the Internet.

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On Wednesday it was announced  that beginning registration of  Saudi Arabia  Arabic IDN ccTLD  domain names will go through he following phases:

1^st PHASE:  May 30-June 16   Government entities

2^nd PHASE:  Sept 27- Oct 27 -   the entities and people will be allowed to register the trademarks and intellectual properties they own.

3^rd PHASE :  Nov 14   Generic names of hotels and tourism agencies

4^th PHASE:   GO LIVE  DECEMBER 11

As per the Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRA) roadmap, government entities will be able to register their names in the first phase, while entities and people will be allowed to register the trademarks and intellectual properties they own in the second phase.

Generic names, of hotels and tourism agencies, can be registered in the third phase.  Public registrations will be open on a first-come-first-serve basis.  In the event that multiple applicants register for an attractive domain name, there will be an open auction to select the winner.

According to several sources, most notably the .me registry itself, the .me ccTLD of Montenegro is the fastest growing ccTLD in the last year. It recently reached 250,000 registrations and said the following in a press release announcing that it has hit the quarter million mark:

The .ME Registry announced today its popular ccTLD extension has hit 250,000 domains registered. Montenegro’s .ME Registry has seen significant growth since it launched the domain extension worldwide just over one year ago. In fact, .ME is the fastest growing new ccTLD.
JamesCrocker.Me, registered through GoDaddy.com, was the name which pushed the Registry’s portfolio to the quarter-million milestone.

The .ME domain extension has proven to be incredibly popular worldwide. More than 48,000 applications were received to participate in the current online auction of .ME domains which ends in just a few days. The next online auction, hosted by NameJet.com, is scheduled to begin June 5.

Source: http://www.domain.me/news.php?&news=170

The release goes on to talk about how the success of the .ME extension is due, in large part, to its wide appeal in use for marketing/brand and personal use. Many individuals have registered their names in the .me extension, and several popular sites, including popular dating site Youand.me have used the extension as part of their site/brand name.

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