Summer Digest on Info.NIC: The Most Important Events of June and July
Today we'll cover the most interesting events in the domain and IT industries that took place in June and July.
Domain Name News
The issue of delegating the .УКР domain is postponed again.
The Ukrainian Network Information Center (UNIC) has again postponed a meeting of its coordination council dedicated to negotiations on the allocation of the national Cyrillic domain .УКР to Ukraine.
New registration rules have been introduced in the .BY domain zone.
The procedure for registering domains in the national .BY domain zone has changed in Belarus. The main change to the rules is that domain registrations in the .BY zone no longer require approval from the Operational and Analytical Center (OAC).
There are over 100,000 names registered in the .MY domain.
In the Malaysian national domain .MY, the number of registered names has exceeded 100 thousand. Of these, 20 thousand are registered as second-level domains, and the remaining 80 thousand are registered in the subdomains .COM.MY, .NET.MY, .ORG.MY, .GOV.MY, .EDU.MY, .MIL.MY and .NAME.MY.
The .РФ domain zone is under attack by cybersquatters.
Roskomnadzor has received a large number of applications for registration of new online publications in a short period of time. Cyberscammers are trying to secure attractive domain names in this way. As a reminder, the second phase of priority domain registration in the .РФ zone will begin soon. Online publications can register domains during this phase.
The .XXX domain will appear on the Internet
ICANN has approved the creation of the .XXX domain extension. This extension is specifically designed for pornographic websites.
The Sex.com domain is up for sale again.
The most expensive domain name, Sex.com, is up for sale again. The domain is listed at Sedo.com's domain auction. The domain's previous owner, Escom, purchased it in 2006 for $14 million.
There are 14,000 domain names registered in the .РФ domain zone.
By mid-July, more than 14,000 domain names had been registered in the Russian Cyrillic domain zone .РФ.
Reg.ru experts predict that 100,000 domain names will be registered in the .РФ zone within a year. The main Russian domain zone, .RU, currently has 2.8 million domain names.
Ukraine ranks sixth in Europe in terms of total traffic volume.
The Ukrainian Internet Exchange Network (UA-IX) ranks sixth in Europe by total traffic volume. Last year, Ukraine ranked 10th. As of early May 2010, UA-IX's peak load was 148 Gbps—up from 35 Gbps the previous year.
Opinions and interviews
Service Online's official position regarding the introduction of IDNs in Ukraine
Service Online clarified its position regarding the introduction of national domains in Ukraine and the actions of other market participants.
Oleg Bogatov: Google as a company left me with a rather strange impression
An interview with the owner of the google.ua domain and his position in the domain dispute with Google.
Sergey Khrykin: "The social connection mechanism we protect is a way to create a database."
Est! Project Manager Sergey Khrykin discussed his company's patent for a social network, highlighting its specific features and applications.
Articles
The Court of Appeal upheld the decision to cancel the registration of the google.ua domain.
This summer, the Ukrainian domain space is watching Google's legal battle over gaining control of the google.ua domain.
Ukrainian domain statistics for the first half of the year
The material presents the dynamics of the development of the Ukrainian domain name market in the first half of 2010.
The Ukrainian domain market is growing thanks to .COM.UA.
The Ukrainian domain name registration market is most active in the .COM.UA domain zone; registrars that hold a significant market share here can influence the overall market share distribution structure.
Hostmaster announced the resumption of registration of Cyrillic domains in .com.ua and .kiev.ua.
The Ukrainian domain name registration market is preparing to introduce Cyrillic names in the .COM.UA and .KIEV.UA zones.
The question of the legal capacity of the .UA domain administrator has been raised.
The Ukrainian domain market is protesting the actions, or rather, the inaction, of the .UA domain administrator. Market participants are preparing a document outlining all aspects of interaction, rights, and obligations.
Video
Friday's video. Dmitry Kokhmanyuk's presentation at iForum. .UA Domain Infrastructure
Friday's video. Dmitry Kokhmanyuk's presentation at iForum. .UA Domain Infrastructure (Part 2)
Friday's video. Dmitry Kokhmanyuk's presentation at iForum. .UA Domain Infrastructure (Part 3)
Friday's video: Uanet prepares for Cyrillic domains
