Bulgaria has entered an official application today to ICANN for the IDN extension .бг (.bg).
ICANN had raised the issue of IDN extensions at their recent Paris Conference, with a view to introducing a “limited number of non-contentious IDN ccTLDs, while an overall long-term IDN ccTLD policy is being developed” (DomainNews).
A representative of Bulgaria’s Governmental [...]
Bulgaria Applies For IDN Domain Extension
June 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
Russian Registry Seeks Support For IDN .RF Domain
May 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment
The Russian Registry is today asking it’s customer base to vote on the possibility of a new .РФ (.RF) IDN domain name. As they write, ICANN is looking at the possibility of establishing top-level domains using international characters. The final decision on this matter will be taken at the 32nd International Public ICANN Meeting held [...]
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Russian SU Domain Registry Snubs ICANN
April 14th, 2008 · 7 Comments
ICANN is still attempting to delete the obsolete SU (Soviet Union) extension but having little success. While they have managed to decommission the .YU (Yogoslavia) extension successfully last year, they are finding rebellion among Russian webmasters, ISPs and the Registry itself.
To summerise the dispute so far, September saw ICANN release a statement urging “the current [...]
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