Scraps With Board Over New Queries Reproduced with permission from Electronic Commerce & Law Report, 20 ECLR 895 (June 24, 2015). Copyright 2015 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) <http://www.bna.com> The Cross-Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability has backtracked away...

Thomas Rickert explains Draft of Cross Community Working Group At ICANN from 21 to 25 June in Buenos Aires the IANA Stewardship Transition and ICANN Accountability are the central topics of the agenda. Thomas Rickert, Co-Chair of the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability and Director Names &...

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“We welcome that fact that several amendments were included in the draft law concluded today that lead to a more precise and more practical regulation,” says Oliver Süme, eco Director of Policy and Law. The newly introduced evaluation of the obligations for the operators of critical infrastructure, and the narrower...

eco suggests exclusion of Internet services Modification of the technical requirements for retention as baseline solution At least 2,500 companies affected: The state must cover the costs Implementing the reintroduction of Blanket Data Retention, agreed upon by the German Federal Government on 27 May, will mean that...

Introducing international IT executives to how to do business successfully in the German IT market eco – the Association of the German Internet Industry is presenting an exclusive 2-day intercultural event to better understand the strongest economic center in Europe, and to meet the top decision-makers in the German...

German Federal Government misjudging legal and technical realities Constitutional challenge likely – companies threatened with unnecessary costs running into the millions Survey: Almost every second citizen rejects the re-imposition of Blanket Data Retention eco – the Association of the German Internet Industry...

“People would say ‘You’re talking to the devil’” – as attorney Thomas Rickert talks about innovation in the past and potential in the future Hundreds of new domain endings have become feasible in the last couple of years – and yet, many people are still not aware of the marketing potential they offer. The...

Dr. Sandra Schulz is Head of the Policy and Law Division at eco – Association of the German Internet Industry. Her daily business is to represent the interests of the Internet industry in German and European politics. But how does this occur, and how can eco members ensure that they have a voice in this process? Dr. Schulz...

Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability publishes proposals on Work Stream 1 The Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) is calling for Input on its Proposed Accountability Enhancements (Work Stream 1). The CCWG-Accountability requests community feedback...

German based gTLDs and their activity – Volume 1 Now that the New gTLD Program has been active for over a year, there have been 45 Geographic gTLDs delegated in the root by ICANN. 34 of these are “City” designated gTLDs with nine more classified as “Regions”. DotBERLIN leads the way in total second-level domain...

Status-Update: Day 1 in Istanbul Mathieu Weill, together with Thomas Rickert one of the Co-Chairs of the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN's Accountability, gives an update on the progress of the working group at the face to face meeting in Istanbul on 23 March 2015.

Guidelines attempt difficult balancing act between freedom and security Central technical and legal questions remain unanswered Uncertainty places burden on companies – now going into second round The highly controversial Blanket Data Retention is coming: The German Federal Ministry for Justice and the Ministry...

DE-CIX Frankfurt hit the 3.934 Terabits per second traffic peak on 19 April, once again a Sunday. While DE-CIX has announced new exchanges in Palermo and Marseille, and new peaks at DE-CIX New York and UAE-IX in Dubai made it into the news, DE-CIX Frankfurt is also growing too. No other Internet exchange in the world exchanges...

International community driving transition Berlin, 10.04.2015 – Who will, in what form, take over the supervision of the IANA functions from October 2015? The closer this date comes, the more intensive the discussion is becoming – after the US government announced at the beginning of last year their intention to withdraw...

"New TLDs – 3.5 million names to 20 million in 2015?" Moderation Thomas Rickert, Director eco Names & Numbers Forum Panelists Alexander Schwertner, Director Products, OpenSRS Neha Naik, Sr. Manager, Strategic Partnerships, Radix Registry Oliver Elste, CEO, Smart-NIC Jeffrey Sass, CMO, .CLUB Domains Helena...

DE-CIX New York’s customer base is constantly growing; we are close to 70 networks now. And accordingly, traffic is rising too. This week has started with a new traffic peak: We reached 36.08 Gigabit per second yesterday. Traffic has more than doubled since the beginning of the year. And if it continues to rise this...

Cegecom, a telecom operator from Luxembourg and the greater region, is now connected to DE-CIX and thus offers customers located in Luxembourg fast and direct connections from Luxembourg to Frankfurt. Cegecom offers communication services to B2B, wholesalers and carriers. It provides high-performance services such as Data...