domain name & governance news - 15 June

[David Goldstein <goldstein_david@yahoo.com.au>]

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GOVERNANCE
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Things get going at the UN?s Global Alliance for ICT
and Development
The Global Alliance for Information and Communication
Technologies (ICT) and Development (recently announced
by the United Nations) will be lead by Craig Barrett,
Chairman of the Board of Intel Corporation, who will
serve as the first Chairman of the Alliance.
http://www.publictechnology.net/article_avantgo.php?sid=5165

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DOMAIN NAMES
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UK firms risk losing .eu business
British companies could miss out on business in Europe
if they ignore the new .eu top-level domain, says the
boss of one of Germany?s top web-hosting companies.
http://www.whatpc.co.uk/personal-computer-world/news/2157983/uk-firms-risk-losing-eu

"VIAGARA.IN" Goes Back To Pfizer
Pfizer filed an application for the grant of an
interim injunction to restrain Altamash Khan and
another party from using its registered trademark as
under the domain name ?viagra.in? and URL
www.viagra.in. Altamash Khan claims to have acquired
the domain name for sale and not to launch his own
website.
http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=38678&lastestnews=1

Examining Significant Shifts in the Domain Name
Business
The early days of the domain industry have often been
compared to the ?Wild West??a vast, virgin landscape
populated by early domainers, typo-squatters, and
forward-thinking advertisers. Many in the industry can
remember looking with awe (and perhaps a little
skepticism) at multi-million dollar domain sales,
experiencing the excitement of implementing early
monetization strategies and feeling pride at being on
the vanguard of an accelerating market.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/shifts_in_domain_name_business/

The cost of Domain names could be on the increase
There is currently a debate running about the legality
of a proposed deal between ICANN and VeriSign. The
deal could allow verisign to raise the fees on .com
domain names by up to 7% a year for 4 years, they
would not need to improve their service or justify the
increase in fees in any way whatsoever.
http://itvibe.com/news/4087/

Making sense of ENUM
Often the most powerful technology initiatives go
through a confusing phase at the beginning, simply
because they can do so many things that it takes
awhile to determine the best business model.
http://www.americasnetwork.com/americasnetwork/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=330566

Quarter-Million Dollar Sale of Malta.com and Largest
.Info Sale Ever Reported Headline This Week's Domain
Market Action
Rob Morrison's $250,000 purchase of Malta.com was an
easy winner in this week's domain sales race. The
deal, closed at Sedo.com, ranks among the 12 largest
sales reported so far this year. It is also the second
largest geo domain sale of 2006, trailing only
Macau.com which went for $550,000 in February.
http://www.dnjournal.com/domainsales.htm

US-Studie spricht sich gegen VoIP-Abhörmaßnahmen aus
Laut den Ergebnissen einer Studie der Information
Technology Association of America (ITAA) sei es
unmöglich, dass alle VoIP-Produkte den neuen
Richtlinien der Federal Communication Commission (FCC)
entsprechen werden, die das Abhören von
VoIP-Verbindungen ermöglichen sollen. Da VoIP auf
einer grundsätzlich anderen Netzarchitektur beruhte
als das klassische Telefonnetz, würden durch diesen
Eingriff "enorme Kosten" für die Industrie entstehen,
heißt in der Studie. Zusätzlich würden die
Lauschmaßnahmen die Sicherheit von VoIP
beeinträchtigen, denn die Abhöreinrichtungen könnten
ihrerseits wieder als Angriffspunkt dienen.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/74184

China Mobile erhält ersten Domain-Namen für Handys
China Mobile, der gößte Anbieter des Landes, hat sich
ICANN zufolge als erster Mobilfunkanbieter erfolgreich
den ersten Domain-Namen für Handys gesichert. Das
berichtet ChinaTechNews.com am Mittwoch.
http://www.portel.de/index.php?id=nachricht&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5btt_news%5d=10852&tx_ttnews%5bbackPid%5d=12&cHash=adeb2f5fb1

Le '.mobi' s'ouvre aux marques
Le nom de domaine destiné aux téléphones mobiles qui
surfent sur Internet est désormais ouvert aux aux
titulaires de marques, déposées avant le 11 juillet
2005
http://www.silicon.fr/getarticle.asp?id=15592

Fin du processus de validation des .EU en septembre
EURid et PwC poursuivent leur travail de validation
des dossiers sunrise. Ils estiment que le processus de
validation devrait finir en septembre 2006.
http://www.domaines.info/vie_extensions.php?cahier=eu&vde_id=940

El dominio .mobi registra 4.000 solicitudes en sus
primeras horas
La compañía dotMobi está llevando a cabo el desarrollo
del uso de Internet en dispositivos móviles para
asegurar la mejor utilización de los servicios Web.
http://www.vnunet.es/Actualidad/Noticias/Comunicaciones/Internet/20060614014

Los dominios se extienden a los móviles
Cerca de 2.000 asociaciones ya han registrado el
nombre de su marca y poseen su propio dominio .mobi
http://www.redestelecom.com/Actualidad/Noticias/Comunicaciones/Internet/20060613041

Domene .mobi od 14. septembra na voljo vsem
V ponedeljek se je zacelo drugo predregistracijsko
obdobje dodeljevanja spletnih domen .mobi, v katerem
bodo lahko domene registrirali vsi lastniki za?citenih
blagovnih znamk. Od 14. septembra bo ta nova vrhnja
domena (TLD), namenjena spletnim vsebinam, ki so
prilagojene zmo?nostim mobilnih telefonov, na voljo
brez omejitev. Prve .mobi domene naj bi bile
aktivirane po 15. decembru letos, so sporocili iz
podjetja Domenca, ki se med drugim ukvarja z
registriranjem internetnih domen.
http://www.dnevnik.si/clanek.asp?id=184613
http://www.delo.si/index.php?sv_path=41,36,142197

Story in Hebrew on .mobi
http://news.haaretz.co.il/captain/pages/ShArtCaptain.jhtml?contrassID=11&subContrassID=0&itemNo=
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