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07-05-2015
Blog post: Roadmap or dead end? Towards a 'digital single market'
By Nina Elzer, CENTR Policy Adviser
You may remember the Commission’s promise to keep the number of new legislative proposals to a minimum? A clever way of doing so is mixing legislative proposals (or packs of proposals) with as many 'reviews', 'measures', 'inquiries', 'analysis', etc. as you can. And thus was produced a strategy to 'complete the digital single market' (and a promise not kept).
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07-05-2015
Joint Regional ccTLD Organisations (ROs) statement following the I* London meeting
Brussels, 7 May 2015 - Last week the I* organisations met in London to discuss several issues, one of which was the IANA Stewardship Transition (IST) process.
The following are the key messages with respect to the IST that we, the Regional ccTLD Organisations (ROs), would like to convey:
The following are the key messages with respect to the IST that we, the Regional ccTLD Organisations (ROs), would like to convey:
- We would like to reiterate our commitment to a multistakeholder-driven and consensus-based implementation of the IST process, which should ultimately ensure a continued, sustained and robust performance of the IANA functions as it has been exercised to date.
- As ROs, we would like to re-emphasise our commitment to working together with the Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) on the outreach to and engagement of all ccTLD operators in the process.
- We are confident that all the interested stakeholders will continue working together to finalise an IST proposal that meets the criteria of operational and organisational stability and security for the benefit of all internet users.
Like many other participants at the London meeting, the Regional Organisations reaffirm their strongest support for the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) as the primary forum to discuss Internet Governance issues and form global alliances to work on solutions.
About the ROs
About the ROs
The Regional country code top-level domain name (ccTLD) Organisations (ROs) include the Association of European ccTLD Registries (CENTR), the Latin American and Caribbean Association of ccTLDs (LACTLD), the Asia Pacific Top Level Domain Name Association (APTLD) and the African Top Level Domain Association (AfTLD).
About I*
About I*
I* (I-star) is a group of organisations involved in coordinating the internet's global technical infrastructure. It is comprised of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the Internet Architecture Board (IAB), the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the Internet Society (ISOC), the five regional internet address registries (RIRs: African Network Information Center [AFRINIC], American Registry for Internet Numbers [ARIN], Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre [APNIC], Latin America and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry [LACNIC], R
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06-05-2015
.itCup of Registro.it: start-up competition seeking talent in the ICT
It’s start-up time: the .it Registry is holding the fourth edition of the .it Cup, calling upon business ideas from all over Italy. The '.it Registry .it Cup' seeks new entrepreneurial ideas in the field of new technologies and digital media, as well as potential investors, so as to offer training, new opportunities and to contribute to the well-being and development of the country. Students, degree candidates, professors, independent professional and businesses (either individuals or teams) may participate together with .it Registry in the start-up competition; companies, association or other agencies already established or being established that intend to develop innovative products or services in the ICT sector can also participate. Applications must be sent by 15 June 2015. The event dedicated to the start-up competition will be the .itCupDay, held on 9 October during the fifth edition of the Internet Festival in Pisa.
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06-05-2015
Digitaly: promoting digital skills among Italian companies with the .it registry
In April 2015, the project Digitaly was launched. Organised by the CNA (National Confederation of Artisans and Small and Medium Businesses) in conjunction with the .it Registry, Amazon, Google and Seat Pagine Gialle, it opened its activities in Ravenna. The project focuses on bridging the gap between the digital world and Italian small and medium businesses.
This initiative is aimed at accelerating the growth of the web economy in Italy and supporting the digitalisation process of SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises). There are about 4 million SMEs in Italy, of which 95% are micro-enterprises. Not only would this process improve their positioning within the domestic market, but it would also push up exports.
This initiative is aimed at accelerating the growth of the web economy in Italy and supporting the digitalisation process of SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises). There are about 4 million SMEs in Italy, of which 95% are micro-enterprises. Not only would this process improve their positioning within the domestic market, but it would also push up exports.
More specifically, Digitaly aims at accelerating the internationalisation of enterprises and consequently increase exports of the 'product'; it also aims at closing the gap between the traditional Italian-made export products and the digital economy through 'training pills' found online at www.digitalyimprese.it and dozens of dedicated meetings throughout the national territory, wherever traditional companies would open up to 'digital' firms in the same areas.
Over 30 events have already been programmed throughout Italy: the confirmed upcoming dates include 6 May in Pesaro/Ancona, 23 May in Florence, 12 June in Cremona, 27 June in Naples, 9 July in Catania, 22 September in Pescara and 10 October in Pisa.
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06-05-2015
Domain .BY celebrates its 21st anniversary
The national domain zone .BY appeared on 5 May 1994. The Belarusian top-level domain has come to its 21st anniversary in excellent shape:
- The .BY domain has been showing the highest growth rates in Europe more than 2 years in a row;
- Technical facilities are in full compliance with international standards (including Whois service, DNSSEC and IPv6 support);
- The number of domain registrations is close to 120,000. Over half of all domains were registered during the last 3 years.
Another .BY record over the last 3 years has been the sum of money collected with the help of charitable auctions and sent to Belarusian orphanages. In the beginning of 2015 it exceeded 2 billion rubles.
Another .BY record over the last 3 years has been the sum of money collected with the help of charitable auctions and sent to Belarusian orphanages. In the beginning of 2015 it exceeded 2 billion rubles.
Belarus is also among the top three European countries with the highest share of national domains: 80% of Belarusians choose .BY as a domain for their websites.
More than 60% of .BY domains lead to working sites. Joomla and Wordpress are on leading positions among popular CMS'. The most successful commercial CMS is 1C-Bitrix.
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04-05-2015
European ccTLD Brief (May 2015)
CENTR has published its latest CENTRnews magazine (15th edition). This month features:
- 'The Proposal, the Community and ICANN'
- EU Policy Update
- QnA with David Fowler, Director of Marketing and Communications at CIRA (.ca) and Vice-Chair of CENTR’s Marketing Working Group
- Information about the upcoming CENTR Jamboree and launch of the 2015 CENTR Awards call for nominations
- ccTLD news highlights and statistics
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30-04-2015
Belarusian Registry for .BY and .BEL (IDN .бел) launch DNSSEC and IPv6
Effective 24th of April, 2015 The Belarusian Registry of the National TLDs .BY and .BEL (IDN .бел) launched the support of DNSSEC and IPv6.
This innovative solution implemented by the experts of the Technical administrator of .BY and .BEL allows users to minimize the risks associated with the substitution of DNS-addresses in the domain names resolving process by means of DNSSEC technology. At the same time, with the introduction of a new version of the IP-protocol Belarusian TLDs have been substantially moved forward in solving the global problem of IP-addresses insufficiency on the Internet.
"Upgrading the Registry with such innovations like DNSSEC and IPv6 is planned improvement in the work of National Belarusian domains .BY and .BEL and that allows us to meet the contemporary Internet trends”, says director of hoster.by Sergey Povalishev.
“Today there is no way to stay away from the global web-space development. Although it is believed that modern technologies moved beyond today users’ needs, we will continue to offer our customers the best solutions available."
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30-04-2015
CENTR launches the call for nominations for its 2015 CENTR Awards
CENTR today launched the call for nominations for the second edition of its CENTR Awards, which aim at highlighting country code top-level domain (ccTLD) registry projects, teams and people that make a difference in the domain name industry.
The goals of the CENTR Awards, which are open to all full and associate CENTR members, are to focus on the positive aspects of the ccTLD industry, to show recognition for innovation, to encourage sharing of best practices, and to provide an opportunity to challenge and motivate employees and project leaders.
The goals of the CENTR Awards, which are open to all full and associate CENTR members, are to focus on the positive aspects of the ccTLD industry, to show recognition for innovation, to encourage sharing of best practices, and to provide an opportunity to challenge and motivate employees and project leaders.
‘I am very proud to be involved in the CENTR Awards again this year, especially given the success of the first edition in 2013’, stated Carolina Aguerre, LACTLD General Manager and Chair of the 2015 CENTR Awards Jury. ‘I believe that these Awards are a key opportunity for registries to showcase their extraordinary accomplishments in the last couple of years’.
Members of the Jury include Carolina Aguerre, General Manager of LACTLD; Leonid Todorov, General Manager of APTLD; Barrack Otieno, Administrative Manager of AfTLD; Cristina Monti, International Relations Officer at the European Commission; Kurtis Erik Lindqvist, CEO of Netnod; Bertrand de La Chapelle, Director of the Internet & Juridisdiction Project; Wolfgang Kleinwächter, ICANN Board Member and Professor for International Communication Policy and Regulation at the University of Aarhus, Denmark; and Kim Davies, Director of Technical Services, IANA.
The five award categories for this year include the Security Award, the Research and Development Award, the Marketing Award, the Corporate and Social Responsibility Award and the Contributor of the Year Award. The CENTR Awards ceremony will be held on 7 October 2015 at the Palais des Académies in Brussels, Belgium.
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30-04-2015
DomainWire Global TLD Stat Report (Q1/2015)
| The latest of CENTRs 'DomainWire Stat Report' is available (Edition 11 - Quarter 1, 2015). The report provides a global status update on top level domains (legacy gTLDs, new gTLDs and ccTLDs) with a focus on European ccTLDs. |
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29-04-2015
Successful iForum 2015 held in Ukraine
The technology and online business forum called 'iForum 2015', one of the biggest in Eastern Europe, was held for the seventh time at the International Exhibition Centre in Kyiv on 16 April. Near 7,000 attendees, and a very large number of investment funds, start-ups, software and hardware developers, showed electric cars, military equipment, drones, 3D printers - all the latest in IT technology. The program also included a discussion panel on 'Domain .УКР and development domain market of Ukraine.'