Toggle navigation Names & Numbers Home News Events Topics Downloads Community GDPR Playbook topDNS New gTLD Directory News Das Algenative Rechenzentrum - Vom Consumer zum Prosumer Domains Help Wanted... Preparation of a White Paper outlining the importance... Universal Acceptance Steering Group Background Universal Acceptance is a foundational requirement for a truly multilingual Internet, one in which users around the world can navigate entirely in local languages. It is also the key to unlocking the potential of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) to foster competition, consumer... Das Algenative Rechenzentrum - Vom Consumer zum Prosumer Domains Help Wanted… Technical Document Copy Editing Universal Acceptance Steering Group Background Universal Acceptance is a foundational requirement for a truly multilingual Internet, one in which users around the world can navigate entirely in local languages. It is also the key to unlocking the potential of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) to foster competition,... Domains geoTLDs –Added Value for Regions, Cities & Companies? eco Domain Name Talks beim WHD.global 2016 Die dritte und letzte Panel-Diskussion im Rahmen der Domain Name Talks drehte sich um die geoTLDs, mit den Diskussionsteilnehmern Anja Elsing von der .RUHR Registry regiodot GmbH & Co. KG , Dirk Krischenowski von dotBERLIN GmbH Co. KG , Crystal Peterson von Neustar, Inc. ... Domains Building Towards Tomorrow’s Internet:Fixing IDNs, EAI & Universal... eco Domain Name Talks beim WHD.global 2016 Universal Acceptance war das Thema des ersten Panels am 17. März beim WHD.global. Nach einer Video-Einleitung von Ram Mohan von Afilias , begann eine lebhafte Podiumsdiskussion, co-moderiert von Lars Steffen (eco) und Christian Dawson ( i2Coalition ). Zu den Diskussionsteilnehmern... Domains geoTLDs –Added Value for Regions, Cities & Companies? eco Domain Name Talks at WHD.global 2016 The third and final session of the Domain Name Talks focused on the geoTLDs, and the speakers Anja Elsing from .RUHR Registry – regiodot GmbH & Co. KG, Dirk Krischenowski from dotBERLIN GmbH & Co. KG, Crystal Peterson from Neustar, Inc. (representing .nyc, .melbourne and... Domains brandTLDs – The Great Unkowns eco Domain Name Talks at WHD.global 2016 The second panel session dealt with the in general public still relatively unknown phenomenon of the dot Brands. These have been quite slow in taking off, despite the fact that a number of them have long been approved by ICANN. The panel, moderated by Lars Steffen and consisting... Domains Building Towards Tomorrow’s Internet:Fixing IDNs, EAI & Universal... eco Domain Name Talks at WHD.global 2016 Universal Acceptance was the topic of eco’s first panel session on 17 March at WHD.global. After a video explanation by Ram Mohan from Afilias, a lively panel discussion began, co-moderated by eco’s Lars Steffen and Christian Dawson from i2Coalition, and including Bert Hubert... Domains Report: Domain Name Talks at WHD.global 2016 eco sessions on the domain name industry At WHD.global we had the pleasure to organize three panel discussions about some of the current hot topics in the domain name industry: "Building Towards Tomorrow’s Internet: Fixing IDNs, EAI & Universal Acceptance", "brandTLDs – The Great Unkowns" and "geoTLDs – Added Value... Domains Report: 55th ICANN Meeting ICANN Board Transmits IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal and Enhancing ICANN Accountability Recommendations to NTIA As in several ICANN meetings before, the ICANN55 in Marrakech was dominated by the IANA Stewardship Transition. The Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability)... Domains Getting Next Billion Online –Universal Acceptance WHD.global sessions "Domain Name Talks" Internationalized domain names and e-mail addresses may already exist for new languages and alphabets – Han, Cyrillic, Hangul, Thai, Arabic, Hebrew and Greek – but help is still needed to enable universal access. 3.2 billion people are online worldwide, according to the International... Domains Getting Next Billion Online –Universal Acceptance WHD.global sessions "Domain Name Talks" Internationalized domain names and e-mail addresses may already exist for new languages and alphabets – Han, Cyrillic, Hangul, Thai, Arabic, Hebrew and Greek – but help is still needed to enable universal access. 3.2 billion people are online worldwide, according to the International... Domains A victory for the multi-stakeholder model History is being made in ICANN this week in Marrakech – how exactly the Internet will be administered in the future is in the process of being taken forward. The ICANN Cross Community Working Group (CCWG) on Enhancing ICANN Accountability has released its final report, which was then approved by the CcNSO (Country Code... Domains The Internet isMore International than Ever Before Internationalized domain names and e-mail addresses are extending the Internet to include new languages and alphabets 3.2 billion people are online worldwide, according to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and around 45 percent of all households have access to the Internet. Despite these impressive figures,... Domains WHD.global –Rethinking Privacy After Safe Harbor Thomas Rickert, John Zanni & Edward Snowden @ Acronis night.TALK – Wednesday, March 16th, 2016 US/EU Safe Harbor provided a framework for companies from both regions to do business with one another despite very different privacy laws, but those protections are gone. A European court invalidated it over lax... Domains dotBrands Part 1 – 2012 Round Application Status An analysis of the .brand landscape This will be the first of a three part blog reviewing .brand gTLDs applied for in 2012. Part one will review the status of .brand applications that made up nearly half of all applications to ICANN. The second part will provide an analysis on the stats and activity of the .brand gTLDs... Domains Internet Transition Planners Finalize Text of Accountability Program,... Accountability and Transparency Reproduced with permission from Electronic Commerce & Law Report, 21 ECLR (Mar. 2, 2016). Copyright 2016 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) <http://www.bna.com> A proposal for increasing the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’s accountability... Domains Final Piece of Internet Transition Plan Delayed by ICANN Board Intervention Accountability and Transparency Reproduced with permission from Electronic Commerce & Law Report, 21 ECLR 249 (Feb. 24, 2016). Copyright 2016 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) <http://www.bna.com> An Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers working group will decide Feb. 23 how to... Domains Last Piece of ICANN Plan to End U.S. Internet Oversight Expected Accountability and Transparency Reproduced with permission from Electronic Commerce & Law Report, 21 ECLR 249 (Feb. 24, 2016). Copyright 2016 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) <http://www.bna.com> An Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers working group plans to release late... Domains CCWG-Accountability Delivers Report to Chartering Organizations On 24 February 2016, the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) provided its Chartering Organizations with its final supplemental report on Work Stream 1 recommendations. You can download the full report here The report is the result of extensive work by the CCWG-Accountability’s... Das Algenative Rechenzentrum - Vom Consumer zum Prosumer Domains Help wanted... UASG Email Address Internationalization (EAI) Program The Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG) is a community initiative that’s supported by ICANN with a goal of addressing Universal Acceptance – the idea that all domain names work equally well. EAI (Email Address Internationalization) is an important part of the UASG’s work. Our mission is to encourage wide implementation... Domains Domain Name Talks at WHD.global 2016 17 March 2016 – eco sessions at WHD.global WHD.global is first and foremost a world-class technology conference that brings together leading experts and insiders for high-value networking, informative discussions, and shared experiences. Over the last twelve years WHD.global has become the largest and most successful... Domains Conference: Domain Pulse 2016 1 – 2 February 2016 – The Forum of SWITCH, DENIC and nic.at Domain pulse will be held in the French-speaking part of Switzerland for the first time in 2016. The programme offers some interesting and even controversial content. The focus of the first day is on Internet security. Top security expert Mikko Hyppönen... Domains eco – Looking Back at the European Network Policy Topics of 2015 Looking Back: The four most important European digital policy developments in 2015 2015 was a year of change and turmoil in European network and Internet policy. eco – Association of the Internet Industry e. V. looks back at the four most important network policy developments and decisions at the European level. “2015... Domains Safe Harbor: New Agreement Well On Its Way, FTC says Negotiations about a new agreement replacing the Safe Harbor between Europe and America are ‘well on their way’, according to Edith Ramirez, Chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. ‘I’m optimistic that we’re going to be able to find a solution to this, I’m hoping by the end of this month,’ she said while... Domains WHD.global 2016 15 – 17 March 2016, Europa-Park Rust WHD.global is first and foremost a world-class technology conference that brings together leading experts and insiders for high-value networking, informative discussions, and shared experiences. Over the last twelve years WHD.global has become the largest and most successful event... Domains NamesCon 2016 10 - 13 January 2016 The Domain Name Industry Event While NamesCon is held in Las Vegas every January, it is considered a global show with visitors from over 50 countries worldwide. With a meticulous attention to detail the layout and agenda are formulated to maximize high quality networking between first class contacts. Agenda,... Domains 55. ICANN Meeting Marrakech 18 - 22 October 2016 Meet the eco Names & Numbers Forum! You have requirements and feedback or questions about eco? We will be happy to be there for you! Thomas Rickert (GNSO Council & Co-Chair of the Enhancing ICANN Accountability Cross Community Working Group) and Lars Steffen (Member Services) will... Domains Addressing Europe through streaming media TV1.EU testimonial in EURid campaign We are happy to see two eco members from different internet branches cross-promoting each other. The leading streaming expert TV1 from Munich is using a .eu domain – the company´s CEO Michael Westphal explains why. Domains CCWG-Accountability briefing webinars Two webinars on Wednesday, 2 December 2015 The CCWG-Accountability offers its Draft Proposal for enhancements to ICANN accountability that have been identified as essential to happen or be committed to before the IANA Stewardship Transition takes place (Work Stream 1). The six Chartering Organizations for the CCWG-Accountability... Domains Sedo offers new numeric domain filter Plus special .Club numeric auction The world’s leading domain marketplace and eco member Sedo just integrated a new feature: a search filter that will only show numeric domain names in the search results. This feature is not only valuable for all customers but especially for Sedo’s Chinese customers whose interest... show more