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CENTR supports resolution on Internet Governance
The statement can be found here: http://www.ccianet.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/CCIA-Joint-IGF-Statement.pdf
Afnic & .SE release tool improving Internet resilience
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European ccTLD Brief (Feb 2015)
CENTR has published its latest CENTRnews magazine (12th edition). This month features:
- "Why ICANN Accountability Matters"
- Infographic on what kept CENTR busy in 2014
- QnA with CENTR Communications Manager Alexandrine Gauvin
- Recent CENTR workshops and upcoming events
- ccTLD news highlights and statistics
2014: a year of stabilization for French domain names
The .fr TLD represented 2,853,406 domain names as
at 31 December 2014, an increase of 5.06% in 2014. This performance continued
to be higher than that of the French market (+ 4.9%), the world market (+ 4.3%
according to our estimates) and the European market (+ 2.2%).
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Registration open for Russian Internet Governance Forum
For the sixth time Coordination Center for the TLD RU/РФ is
organizing Russian Internet Governance Forum (RIGF-2015) that will take place
on April 7, 2015 in Lotte Hotel in Moscow. The Forum is supported by ICANN,
Technical Center of Internet, Kaspersky Lab and Russian Association for
Electronic Communications.
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Registration for Russian Internet Governance Forum open
For the sixth time Coordination Center for the TLD RU/РФ is
organizing Russian Internet Governance Forum (RIGF-2015) that will take place
on April 7, 2015 in Lotte Hotel in Moscow. The Forum is supported by ICANN,
Technical Center of Internet, Kaspersky Lab and Russian Association for
Electronic Communications.
Further information
DomainWire Global TLD Report (December 2014) Available
Suspension of direct sale of .ch domain names
The SWITCH Foundation stopped selling .ch domain names on
1st January 2015 and is successively handing over client support to its
business partners, the registrars. The basis for this change is the new
Ordinance on Internet Domains (OID). Read further
CENTR Board Statement on Draft IANA Transition Proposal
The CENTR Board of Directors has submitted a statement in response to the public consultation on the Draft Transiton Proposal by the Cros Community Working Group on Naming Related Functions.
The statement can be found at http://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-cwg-naming-transition-01dec14/msg00023.html