Newsletter (5 June 2013)

Dear members:

APTLD Internal –5
June, 2013

Next Meeting:

Title: The 63rd Members’ Meeting in Xi’an, China – August 2013

Date: Aug 22 and 23, 2013

Location: Xi’an, China

Venue: TBC

Members

APTLD announced CNNIC to be the new secretariat

(.cn)

CNNIC Released the Global Chinese Phishing Sites Report

http://www1.cnnic.cn/AU/MediaC/rdxw/hotnews/201306/t20130603_40037.htm

(.jp)

Translation of “JP Domain Name Registry Report
2012” Posted

http://jprs.co.jp/en/topics/2013/130603.html

(.my)

MYNIC Berhad invites bidders to participate in the following
tender:

http://mynic.my/en/news.php?id=151

1nita – Jom Bisnes Online Training Workshop

http://mynic.my/en/news.php

(.nz)

InternetNZ welcomes approach of new top level domains

https://internetnz.net.nz/news/media-releases/2013/InternetNZ-welcomes-approach-new-top-level-domains

(.wf)

High growth in .fr domain names in two
departments of France

http://www.afnic.fr/en/about-afnic/news/general-news/6971/show/high-growth-in-fr-domain-names-in-two-departments-of-france.html

(ictQatar)

Start-ups in Qatar Benefit From ICT and
Built Strong Foundations

http://www.ictqatar.qa/en/news-events/news/start-ups-qatar-benefit-ict-and-built-strong-foundations

(DENIC.de)

Redemption-Grace-Period for .de – The
model (a draft for discussion)

http://www.denic.de/en/denic-in-dialogue/news/3693.html?cHash=7604005af8360233087f289201979b69

(Netnod)

European IXP history

http://www.netnod.se/european-ixp-history

(Neustar)

Neustar Names John Caldwell Vice
President of Media and New Ventures

http://www.neustar.biz/about-us/news-room/press-releases/2013/neustar-names-john-caldwell-vice-president-of-media-and-new-ventures

ICANN

Kuek Yu-Chuang has been appointed as ICANN new Vice
President for Global Stakeholder Engagement for the Asia Region. 
He will assume the role on 1 August 2013:

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10787052.htm

Pre-Durban ICANN Policy Update Webinar Invitation 27 June
2013

http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-03jun13-en.htm

Bulk Transfer of Domain Names from C I Host, Central
Registrar, Power Brand Center, and Dotted Ventures to Astutium Limited

http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-31may13-en.htm

NomCom Receives Largest Number of Applicants Since 2003

http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-31may13-en.htm

Security Studies on the Use of Non-Delegated TLDs, and
Dotless Names

http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-28may13-en.htm

Current ICANN Public Consultations

Proposed Renewal of .BIZ gTLD Registry Agreement

http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-3-03jun13-en.htm

Proposed Renewal of .INFO gTLD Registry Agreement

http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-03jun13-en.htm

Others

The .TK ccTLD, one of the three TLDs with the most malicious
domain registrations and whose domains are mostly given away for free, has
rocketed into first place among ccTLDs with 16.7 million active registrations
according to the latest CENTR DomainWire report.

http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20389

Verisign: ICANN Needs To Put Early Warning System In Place
Not To Break Root

http://www.thedomains.com/2013/05/31/verisign-icann-needs-to-put-early-warning-system-in-place-not-to-break-root/

IPv6: Switzerland is now the world’s biggest adopter http://www.zdnet.com/ipv6-switzerland-is-now-the-worlds-biggest-adopter-7000016172

Jian Zhang

General Manager APTLD