Universal Acceptance – How to enable the next billion users

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has extended the submission deadline for the Applicant Support Program (ASP) as part of the new Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) Program.

eco and AV-TEST will publish monthly reports on Internet abuse under the title “topDNS Report: Monthly Analysis for ISPs.” The goal is to create a reliable and long-term data foundation, particularly for Internet Service Providers (ISPs).

In this interview, Pim Pastoors from Hello Registry shares how they combine decades of experience from the teams behind .nl and .ca to deliver a next-generation registry backend built on trust, resilience, and collaboration.