Two weeks ago we called out the CEO of ICANN Fadi Chehade, for some remarks he made in a story published by the HuffingtonPost.com to wit: “The reality is, the more there are names (new gTLD’s), less people will actually be hogging names in order to charge a lot for them. Theregister.co.uk then followed up by reporting on the story which included my blog post At the ICANN meeting this … [Read more...]
Former AFRINIC CEO Adiel Akplogan joins ICANN to Aid Global Outreach
ICANN has selected the former CEO of AFRINIC (Africa's Regional Internet Registry) Adiel Akplogan as its vice president for technical engagement, a newly created role expected to deepen the organization's efforts to improve its international presence and participation. Akplogan headed AFRINIC, from its creation in 2005. His role as AFRINIC CEO ended at the end of last month, and he is … [Read more...]
ICANN CEO Fadi Bites The Hand That Feeds It Calling out Those “Hogging” Domains”
Fadi Chehade, CEO of ICANN, in a story published by the HuffingtonPost.com, which also contains a video interview with Fadi at World Economic Forum in Davos, explaining how we "went from twenty-something" top domain names to hundreds" throws large domain investors under the bus and then backs up the bus and rolls over them again calling them Cybersquatters. In respond to a questions regarding … [Read more...]
Backend Provider Open Registry Acquired For Up To $22.6 Million
According to rttnews.com, NCC Group plc (NCC.L), a provider of Escrow, Assurance and Domain Services, Tuesday said it has acquired the Belgium and Luxembourg based Open Registry group of companies for a maximum consideration of 14.9 million pounds or 19.5 million euros in cash. The company will make an initial payment of 7.9 million pounds or 10.3 million euros. Two further payments of up to … [Read more...]
ICANN Believes They Had A Spear Phishing Attack in November
ICANN is looking into an attack on their systems that took place back in November, they have posted an announcement on their website and have said to stay tuned for further updates by checking back. An email also went out to those using the CZDS: In order to continue using CZDS, please visit http://czds.icann.org and follow the instructions there to request a new password. We suggest that … [Read more...]
US Dept of Commerce Strickling: No Firm Deadline To Give Up Control Over ICANN
The WallStreetJournal.com, according to a letter in the Journal today , Commerce Department official Lawrence Strickling dismissed the importance of U.S. oversight of ICANN and said that there is no firm deadline for the U.S. to give up oversight of ICANN. "In March the U.S. announced it would not renew its contract with ICANN next September. Mr. Strickling now says that’s not a firm … [Read more...]
ICANN Returns To Buenos Aires For June 2015 Meeting
ICANN has just announced they have selected Buenos Aires, Argentina for ICANN 53 which will be held in June 2015. ICANN 53 will be the second Public Meeting ICANN meeting of 2015 and is to be held in Latin America/Caribbean region. Whereas, staff has completed a thorough review of all proposed and available venues in Latin America/Caribbean and finds the one in Buenos Aires, Argentina to be … [Read more...]