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No time to relax for Регистар националног Интернет домена Србије – РНИДС: right after hosting a very successful CENTR Jamboree, the teal is all into a national Internet Dialogue (not to be confused for an IGF, which is yet another sibling of the registry).
Yagona integrator UZINFOCOM Единый интегратор came up with its won ccTLD app, made the domain one step closer to the user.
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In the lead-up to #APTLD84, here is a quick mental fun exercise for you on Saturday morning: draw a line on the global map towards northeast from Nauru (which we talked last time) to cross a part of the Southern Pacific, going somewhere in between Samoa and Fiji, to a sma-a-a-al dot just 3,261 miles northwards. Done? Then welcome to Niue, the proud 1,400-strong island nation of the .NU ccTLD.
Located 1,500 miles northeast of New Zealand, visitors are surprised to find a tropical paradise that offers something unexpected.
But it’s not just the rugged coral coastline, with its breathtaking limestone chasms and fascinating coves instead of long white sand beaches found on other Pacific islands- upon arrival, vistors are often thrilled to find Niue is the first country in the world with free Internet service!
Since 1997, islanders have been able to rely on the charitable organization known as The IUSN Foundation (IUSN) for the funding of technical support, education and infrastructure development that has brought continually-innovative, free, and reliable Internet service to Niue – the best in the Asia-Pacific Region.
The Niue Internet system is the brainchild of The IUSN Foundation’s technical manager, Richard St. Clair. When St. Clair first arrived in Niue as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in 1994, his home phone number was “two longs and a short” turn of the crank handle on the side of the telephone.
Once the locals realized he had computer skills, he was asked to help create a local dial-up bulletin board network using the Niue Telecom phone lines. Known as the Savage Island Network, this system ran from 1995 to 1997 with up to 30 users, but with no connection to the outside world.
In 1997 the Government of Niue and local businesses agreed that the island needed to join the so-called “World Wide Web.” But because the government did not have the funds or expertise to do this, it decided to delegate the task to the private sector.
Fortunately for Niue, an American technology developer and Internet pioneer named J. William (Bill) Semich became interested in entering the domain business and saw growth and marketing potential in the country code domain designation for Niue, .NU. He decided to apply for the domain operations of .NU and invested in primary sales and marketing operations in Northern Europe, particularly Sweden, because of the marketing power that .NU – which translates to “now” in Swedish – held for growth potential. Because it was a speculative venture that had no certainty of success at its outset– the Internet was novel but unproven – the Niue government welcomed Semich’s involvement.
Semich formed a nonprofit corporation, now known as The IUSN Foundation, with St. Clair and local journalist Stafford Guest, who by the way, kept serving on the APTLD Board for more than a decade. Semich’s idea was that the successful marketing of .NU domain names would generate the funds to develop the necessary infrastructures to bring Internet service to the government and people of Niue. It would, he hoped, be sufficiently profitable to make Internet service affordable for all Niueans.
This vision was more than realized – by June 1999 in collaboration with technical support provider Internet Niue, access to full Internet services was established, which were then progressively opened to all permanent Niuean residents and the government of Niue at no cost (apart from a one-time $25 connection fee). In the years since, this free Internet service has continued to innovate, resulting in the present WiFi offering island-wide. Up until 2016, Niue was the only country in the world with a free Internet service as a result of these successful and continued efforts.
Today, .NU is a well-respected ccTLD with a strong presence across Scandinavia in particular as “nu” is the word for “now” in Swedish, Danish and Dutch – an example of a domain hack. Although “nu” in Norwegian is an archaic word for “now”, with nå being used instead, .nu was initially more popular than .no, with 43,000 .nu addresses being registered in Norway in 1999 alone, compared to 30,000 .no ones. Partially owing to restrictive domain rules for the ccTLD assigned to Sweden, .se, .nu was used for creative marketing of websites such as www.tv.nu to show what is currently showing on TV, and in the Netherlands for websites like waarbenjij.nu, Dutch for whereareyou.now.
It earned some recognition outside of Scandinavia, too- thus, a former political party in Israel, Kulanu, used the domain www.koola.nu until its dissolution in 2020.
In March 2000, .NU Domain Ltd became the first TLD to offer registration of Internationalized domain names, supporting the full Unicode character set. Unlike other TLDs, no browser plugin or Punycode capable browser was required on the client side for use of these names, as .NU Domain’s web servers converted and redirected any web queries issued in a variety of international character encodings. However, in March 2010, .NU Domain announced at ICANN that they had recently disabled their general wildcard domain name resolution technology, and thus were implementing IDNs only by the now standard Punycode implementation, and were reducing the accepted set of IDN characters for .NU Domain names to a subset of the ISO-8859-1 western European characters.
Today, .NU is a regular participant in the APTLD community’s life and we look forward to welcoming the IUSN team in Seoul in September!
CEO of InternetNZ shares important insights. link
@it.com showcases its work in Singapore and it’s great to see @Joe Alagna – the industry veteran seems to be in a great shape–
#inta2023 in Singapore was an incredible #event – new potential clients and old friends – it was a pleasure to talk to everyone! A special big #thankyou goes to Christian Voß from Sedo.com, our business partner. picture
#sedodomains #itdotcom
Communications Regulatory Authority – هيئة تنظيم الاتصالات– no one is left behind—
A consumer with disabilities can contact us right away in case their complaint remains unresolved for 48 hours. picture
The Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA)‘s app is out- for the customers to use on a daily basis—
Download #TDRA_App to access services and information related to the telecommunications and digital #government sector
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tdra/id930647801
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details…
hoster.by regalvanizes Belarus IGF after 2 years of….well, it is back!
Gransy shares the world’s top 25 websites. link
ສູນອິນເຕີເນັດ ແຫ່ງຊາດ ສອຊ Lao National Internet Center LANIC hosts a workshop together with United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) on digital communications for rural areas.
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The Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA): setting rules of the game for the global industry—
From Geneva
TDRA participated in the meeting of the Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group.
TDRA delegation participated in the preparation and review of the operational and financial plans for the Telecommunication Standardization Sector, and the work of the sector’s study groups, in preparation for the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly, which will be held next year.
TDRA delegation included:
– Abdulla Bin Khadia
– Eng. Omar Al Nemer
– Shamma Lootah (Remotely)
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The latest updates in UX design from It.com—
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Micro-interactions
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Dwell time
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The demand for inclusive UX design is growing in 2023, focusing on creating universally-satisfying experiences for all types of users.
Virtual reality websites are trending this year.
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Small surprise- yet another IX from National Internet Exchange of India has gone live, the 5th one over the month of May, we think…—
We’re thrilled to announce that another Internet Exchange Node is now live in Vasai. Come and be a part of this expanding network.
For more information, visit www.ix.nixi.in
Our Tariff Policy: https://ix.nixi.in/en/routing-and-tarrif-policy
Make sure you connect with folks from Whois API, LLC live at ICANN77
We are pleased to announce that WhoisXML API team will be attending the #ICANN77 Policy Forum in Washington, D.C.
Ed Gibbs, our esteemed Field CTO, and globally recognized cyber security expert will be joined by Ching Chiao, our Senior Advisor for the APAC region, who has served in various leadership roles within ICANN over the past two decades. We are genuinely thrilled to connect with the DNS community members from around the world at this event, and we look forward to creating fruitful partnerships with the stakeholders and participants.
But that’s not all! As part of the Business Constituency (ICANN), representing WhoisXML API, Ed Gibbs will share his expertise on mitigating Domain & DNS abuse. This is a must-attend session for anyone interested in gaining invaluable knowledge and strategies for combating emerging cyber threats. Details for the sessions:
Date: June 13, 2023 (Tuesday)
Time: 10:45 AM @ ICANN Business Constituency Meeting
ICANN77 serves as an essential platform for global industry leaders, experts, and stakeholders to shape the policy works on DNS abuse, next-generation WHOIS (RDRS), and the subsequent round of the New gTLD. Let’s seize this opportunity to foster collaboration, deepen our expertise, and make a positive impact together
#icann #InternetGovernance #PolicyForum #digitalfuture #icannbc #dnssecurity #cybersecurity #Whois #DNS
Hurry up for an unheard-of generosity show from Identity Digital Inc. link
In the lead-up to #APTLD84, we invite you to pay a visit to the least visited country in the world, the third smallest state on the global map, and the smallest island nation worldwide. That’s right, we are talking Nauru!
This tiny island is located 1,800 miles (3,000 km) off the northeast coast of Australia and its’ a 4.5-hour flight from Brisbane.
Still, it boasts its own ccTLD, which is .NR, operated by CENPAC NET, a long-standing APTLD Ordinary Member.
The .NR domain is an Open Use ccTLD, with some restrictions on second-level domains pertaining to governmental or educational institutions.
The original configuration of the .NR was performed by Shaun Moran of ComTech Communications (Australia) in 1998 as part of the first Internet connectivity on the island. There was a lengthy process with IANA to get the .NR approved and assigned at the time. The setup of .NR was done in 2002 by Franck Martin using specific custom code.
From 2002 to 2018, a domain service freedomain.pro offered free subdomain hosting under the unofficial subdomain “co.nr“. As of May 1, 2018, issues with the .NR registry and Nauruan government caused the entire .co.nr domain to shut down and its subdomains to stop functioning.
The .NR domain has low usage outside of Nauru. However, when it is used, it can be found on web domains utilising domain hacks, such as hdm.nr (Headminer), domai.nr (Domainr) or exo.nr (Exonar).
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In the lead-up to #APTLD84, we invite you for a pilgrimage to one of the highest-elevated and mysterious countries in the world.
.np is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Nepal. It is administered by Mercantile Communication Pvt Ltd, a private company based in the capital city of Katmandu
Registrants need to provide proof of Nepali citizenship for personal websites or a copy of company registration for organization websites. Foreign nationals with a Non-Resident-Nepalese ID Card or Nepalese resident visa can also register a domain.[2] Foreign companies are required to have an official presence in Nepal as a joint venture, partnership, agent, or a licensee in order to qualify to register a domain. It could take a working day to get the domain reviewed.
Registered domain name must be an exact match, abbreviation or acronym of the registrant’s name of trademark; or otherwise closely and substantially connected to the registrant.
Registrations are taken only at the third level, under a number of second-level domains
.com.np (commercial) This is an open ccTLD; any person or entity is permitted to register. Though originally intended for for-profit business entities, for a number of reasons it became the “main” ccTLD for domain names and is currently used by all types of entities including nonprofits, schools and private individuals. Domain name registrations may be challenged if the holder cannot prove an outside relation justifying reservation of the name, to prevent “squatting”.
.coop.n (cooperatives) it is limited to cooperatives.
.edu.np (educational) is limited to specific educational institutions such as, but not limited to, primary schools, middle schools, secondary schools, colleges, and universities.
.gov.np is limited to Nepal governmental entities and agencies.
.info.np (information is of general availability.
.mil.np is limited to use by the Nepal military.
.name.np is open to individuals, by name: any person or entity is permitted to register; however, registrations may be challenged later if they are not by individuals (or the owners of fictional characters) in accordance with the domain’s charter.
.net.np network is for use by domains pointing to a distributed network of computers, or “umbrella” sites that act as the portal to a set of smaller websites.
.org.np organization is for use by non-profit organizations, and still primarily used by same.
The most exciting fact of .NP is that ALL the registrations in it are FREE!
Interesting stats from It.com: the user rules—
What is the impact of user experience on ecommerce sites and apps?
What insights do user experience statistics offer about company websites?
88% of consumers are less likely to return to a site with bad UX.
Source: Hubspot
75% of consumers judge a site’s credibility based on how it looks.
Source: Pop Web Design
32% of users will leave a brand they love if they have one bad experience.
Source: PWC
45% of users expect content to display correctly across different devices.
Source: Adobe via Slideshare
A user will settle on a key area of a page in 2.6 seconds.
Source: CXL
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@InternetNZ receives due credit for the tireless work to ensure digital inclusion across rural Maori communities. picture
Warmest congrats to The Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) on a truly milestone development- 300,000 registrations in .AE! picture
Communications Regulatory Authority – هيئة تنظيم الاتصالات at RIPE86—
#CRAQatar is participating in #RIPE86 meetings which are held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands from 22-26 May 2023. These meetings present a valuable chance to engage in discussions regarding Internet policies.
MYNIC Berhad: striving for the best customer’s experience—
Dear Valued Customers,
MYNIC has been working continuously to provide the best experience for our customers.
Kindly be informed that we are enhancing our user experience and streamline our customer service. You may now reach us through:
MYNIC live chat at www.mynic.my
Or you may email us at customercare@mynic.my
We are available daily (including Public Holidays), from 9AM to 9PM.
Thank you for your endless support!
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