In a scathing letter from Chuck Gomes, Vice President of Verisign to Fadi Cheladeto CEO of ICANN Mr. Gomes lists 6 "examples of ICANN's Unaccountable Actions as Requested by ICANN CEO Fadi Chelade" The letter itself fills in the back story as it is an outgrowth of a discussion that the two men had during "the GNSO discussion at the recent ICANN meeting in Durban. " "In that exchange, I … [Read more...]
101 New gTLD Pass ICANN IE; 8 Go To Extended Evaluation; Passing .Sex; .Islam; .Stockholm; .Ford; .Volvo
101 new gTLD applications passed ICANN Initial Evaluation today. 8 applications are heading for extended evaluation. Like last week one of the applicants who filed Legal Rights Objections to all other applicants own application got flagged for extended evaluation this time Defender Security Company application for .home. Another application heading to extended evaluation is the Lance … [Read more...]
Donuts Signs Contracts With ICANN on 12 new gTLD’s
Donuts has signed 12 new gTLD registry contracts with ICANN. BIKE .CAMERA .CLOTHING .EQUIPMENT .ESTATE .GURU .HOLDINGS .LIGHTING .SINGLES .VENTURES .VOYAGE (.ENTERPRISE, in Simplified Chinese script) According to a press release; all of Donuts new gTLD applications have passed ICANN Initial Evolution. … [Read more...]
As Comment Period On New gTLD Name Collisions Come To An End, Comments Flood Into ICANN
As the comment period for the Name Collision report comes to an end there were plenty of comments submitted by applicants and others. May of the comments simply endorsed the letter of NTAG to ICANN submitted during the comment period, while others siply asked for the comment period to be extended Here are some of the more interesting submitted comments: The Afnic/CORE consortium, the … [Read more...]
ICANN Newest On Name Collision: 20% Uncalculated Risk New gTLD’s Can “Begin Contracting” But Puts Exection Of Contract On Hold
ICANN issued this statement on name collision report last night and the effect it will have in contracting: "ICANN has solicited community comment on the mitigation steps outlined in the staff recommendation paper, with a comment close date of 27 August 2013 23:59 UTC. Pending receipt of community feedback on the staff mitigation proposals, ICANN intends to proceed with New gTLD applications as … [Read more...]
ICANN Approves $200 Million Dollar Budget For 2014; 306 Employees & Still No Revenue From New gTLD Auctions
ICANN just approved its 2014 budget which is coming in at over $200,000,000 in revenue. The budget anticipates ICANN staff growing to over 300 people but the real kicker, in our opinion is that ICANN still has virtually no revenue allocated coming in from the "Last Resort" New gTLD auctions. We have noted in past years that ICANN has not allocated any revenue coming in for auction of new … [Read more...]
ICANN Approves Renewal Of .Info; .Org and .Biz Registry Contracts Without URS Being Included
According to a resolution passed by the ICANN Board, ICANN has renewed the registry contracts for the .info, .biz and .org contracts without the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) being included. On the issue of not requiring the URS to be added to the registry contracts ICANN said: ""There was a specific community concern raised, and subsequent letters provided to the Board, regarding the … [Read more...]