Newsletter (15 April 2013)

Dear members:

APTLD Internal –15 April,
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

(.ae)

aeDA Successfully Attains Key Certificate
in Information Security Management System

http://www.aeda.ae/eng/news.php?id=108

(Verisign-.cc)

Verisign Announces Pricing of $750 Million
Offering of Senior Unsecured Notes

http://www.verisigninc.com/en_US/news-events/press-room/articles/index.xhtml?artLink=aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLm13bmV3c3Jvb20uY29tL2FydGljbGUvcnNzP2lkPTE3MDgwNjg%3D

(.cn)

The World’s First ICANN Engagement Center
Located In Beijing

http://www1.cnnic.cn/AU/MediaC/rdxw/hotnews/201304/t20130415_39277.htm

CNNIC Selected as the Only Organization in
the Asia-Pacific Region as One of the World’s Three New gTLD EBERO

http://www1.cnnic.cn/AU/MediaC/rdxw/hotnews/201304/t20130403_39202.htm

(.hk)

”International IT Fest 2013”

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Government, technology partners and the ICT industry join hands to put up a
series of exciting ICT events. Welcome to join: http://www.itfest.hk/en/index.htm

The first industry consortium formed to
launch “goIPv6” service
Hong Kong’s first free IPv6 service facilitates Internet’s development

https://www.hkirc.hk/content.jsp?id=63#!/64&in=/company_info/pressrelease.jsp?item=466

(.in)

Public
Consultation on National Internet Registry Policy

http://www.nixi.in/en/component/content/article/37-latest-news-a-events-/108-public-consultation-on-indian-registry-for-internet-names-and-number-policy

(.nz)

InternetNZ awards
over $120,000 of community funding

https://internetnz.net.nz/news/media-releases/2013/InternetNZ-awards-over-120000-community-funding

InternetNZ
partners with Creative Commons Aotearoa in $20,000 funding initiative

https://internetnz.net.nz/news/media-releases/2013/InternetNZ-partners-Creative-Commons-Aotearoa-20000-funding-initiative

InternetNZ and
NetSafe in $125,000 partnership

https://internetnz.net.nz/news/media-releases/2013/InternetNZ-and-NetSafe-125000-partnership

(.sg)

Invitation-To-Quote SGNIC-Q-13002 Procurement of
Network Equipment

http://www.nic.net.sg/news/invitation-quote-sgnic-q-13002-procurement-network-equipment

(.wf)

To Counter
Unsolicited Prospecting, Afnic Changes Format of certain Publications

http://www.afnic.fr/en/about-afnic/news/general-news/6798/show/to-counter-unsolicited-prospecting-afnic-changes-format-of-certain-publications.html

(Afilias)

Afilias Joins Internet Infrastructure
Coalition

http://www.afilias.info/news/2013/04/08/afilias-joins-internet-infrastructure-coalition

dot Brand or dot
What? Consumers unaware of New Top-Level Domains, including .Google, .Microsoft and .Nike

http://www.afilias.info/news/2013/04/01/dot-brand-or-dot-what-consumers-unaware-new-top-level-domains-including-google-micro

(AusRegistry)

ARI
Registry Services launches DiscoveryDNS

http://www.ariservices.com/news-ari_registry_services_launches_discoverydns.php

(ccTLD.RU)

Andrei
Kolesnikov: “Gas, oil, Internet”

http://cctld.ru/en/news/news_detail.php?ID=4472

.RU
celebrates its 19th birthday

http://cctld.ru/en/news/news_detail.php?ID=4459

(ictQatar)

Qatar
Rises to 23rd Most Networked Nation in the World

http://www.ictqatar.qa/en/news-events/news/qatar-rises-23rd-most-networked-nation-world

ictQATAR
Seeking Comments on its Regulatory Strategy

http://www.ictqatar.qa/en/news-events/news/ictqatar-seeking-comments-its-regulatory-strategy

(Neustar)

Neustar Submits Response to RFP for Local
Number Portability Administration in the United States

http://www.neustar.biz/about-us/news-room/press-releases/2013/neustar-submits-response-to-rfp-for-local-number-portability-administration-in-the-united-states

ICANN

ICANN Commends .JOBS Use of Trademark Clearinghouse

http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-05apr13-en.htm

Root Zone Scaling Measurements at L-Root

http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-03apr13-en.htm

ICANN Names Back-up Registry Operators for New gTLDs

http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-02apr13-en.htm

Current ICANN Public Consultations

Questions to the Community on Accountability and
Transparency within ICANN

http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-02apr13-en.htm