As a .cloud Pioneer, ePages leverages one of the world’s first .cloud web identities ePages (www.epages.com), a leading international provider of online , shop software, today launched a new partner portal – www.epages.cloud – as a new primary touchpoint and content hub for its global network of resellers. As one...

The Community gets closer to a final vision of the future of coordinating the Internet Around 2,000 participants from almost 130 countries met in Dublin for the 54th ICANN Meeting in October. The topic of ICANN accountability dominated the conference in the Irish capital. The three technical communities put forward their...

Technical and Legal Barriers to Implementation With the German Federal Government's decision to reintroduce Blanket Data Retention, questions have arisen as to the constitutionality of the law and the practicability of implementing it. eco explored the issues in a recent "Politikbrief" newsletter. Here, we look at a few...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has today declared the Safe-Harbor Agreement for the exchange of data between the USA and the EU to be invalid. The EU Commission, according to the ruling, does not have the competence to limit the powers of the national data protection supervisory authorities through the agreement. With...

ICANN, in conjunction with the Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG) announced the availability of a new report: An Analysis of New gTLD Universal Acceptance. Universal Acceptance (UA) is the concept of removing all technical barriers that might hinder a user from accessing any name in any top-level domain (TLD) from...

Analyzing growth rates & business models Nineteen months since new gTLDs were made available to the public, total registrations now exceed 7.3 million according to ntldstats.com while other registration stats tracking sites show 6.9 million. Why the 400,000 difference? Ntldstats.com uses the registration status of names...

Keep up-to-date on the developments of the IANA Stewardship Transition and ICANN Accountability Webinar 1: CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability 7 August 2015 07:00 - 09:00 UTC Your host: Thomas Rickert, eco Names & Numbers Forum Connect: https://icann.adobeconnect.com/si-webinar/ Webinar 2: IANA Stewardship Transition...

7 October 2015, Registrar Day The eco Names & Numbers Forum will be represented by Thomas Rickert and Lars Steffen at the Registrar Day when the 54. CENTR General Assembly takes place in Brussels. We are looking forward to valuable talks, interesting speeches and and a glamorous CENTR Awards Ceremony! Location Further...

Be open or be history OXS15 Compelling Keynotes, Showcases  & Networking Summit keynotes put the sharpest minds and working models in front of the leaders shaping the sustainable Internet. True business insight doesn’t get exchanged more open than this. Demonstrations on the latest protocols ans technology standards...

IANA and the Administration of the Internet determine the continuing discussion in Buenos Aires The focus of the 53rd ICANN conference, which took place from 22-25 June in Buenos Aires, was again the discussion on the “IANA Stewardship Transition”. Since the USA announced in March 2014 their intention to relinquish...

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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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...

“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...

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.

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...