Domainbox Industry News

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Brazilian Internet Governance Meeting Announced

The Brazilian Government have announced that they are to hold a global meeting on the future of Internet Governance. It will take place in April 2014, as tweeted by the Brazilian president, Dilma Rousseff, on the 9th October 2013. According to an earlier tweet Fadi ChehadĂ©, the president of ICANN, had already spoken to her and shown his support for such a meeting. He later confirmed that the meeting was to take place and that he would provide his support. This follows the Brazilian President’s sp…

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

New top level .UK extension set to launch in 2014

Nominet, the registry for .UK domain names has today announced that they will be introducing first level .UK domain registrations commencing Summer 2014. Offering a greater choice for existing registrants, combined with the benefit of a shorter .UK suffix, this exciting news ensures that registrants will soon have the opportunity to purchase domain names ending in just .UK - for example, yourbusinessname.uk. This announcement will see the UK step in-line with other countries…