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APTLD Newsletter (4 May 2026)

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APTLD Updates:

■ Next APTLD Meeting: APTLD90 Members Meeting, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 14-17 September, 2026
 Meeting Website                 ¶ Online Registration                 ¶ Agenda (to come soon)

■ APTLD News
APTLD90 Sponsorship Opportunities

Members News

The .UZ domain has turned 31 years old. Happy Birthday, Uznet!

(.AU auDA)
.au at 40: securing Australia’s digital future | auDA

.au Licensing Rules Review: Process, progress and next steps | auDA

Proposed purpose statement and edu.au administrative changes | auDA

(.KH TRC)
Announcement on Invitation for Public Consultation on Draft Prakas on Technical Standards of Telecommunication Equipment and Draft Prakas on Type Approval and Conformity Assessment of Telecommunication Equipment | Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia

(.LK  LK Domain Registry)
LK Domain Registry – Avurudu 2026 Celebration

(.NZ internetNZ)
When digital design looks fine — but does not work » InternetNZ

(.OM TRA)
TRA Conducts 69 Field Surveys Under 2026 Plan to Assess Telecom Network Quality

(.SG SGNIC)
SGNIC-Q-26003: Invitation to Quote (ITQ) for Redirection of Apex Domain sgnic.sg

(.TW TWNIC)
TWNIC Releases the Q1 2026 Taiwan Internet Connectivity Bandwidth Survey

TeamT5 and TWNIC Sign MOU to Strengthen Threat Intelligence Sharing and Cybersecurity Resilience in Taiwan

Internet Week 2026: Registration is ongoing

(.UZ UZINFOCOM)
The .UZ domain has turned 31 years old. Happy Birthday, Uznet! – ccTLD.uz

(.AM  ISOC.AM)
AI does not replace people – it opens new paths for professional development. Girls in ICT 2026 – Internet Socity NGO

“Unseen” Podcast: Expanding Media Opportunities for the Blind and Visually Impaired – Internet Socity NGO

A Multilingual Society in a Multilingual Digital Environment: Serbia’s Experience – Internet Socity NGO

(.AT NIC.AT)
nic.at – Net-working in space at the nic.at Registrar Day

(.Cloud Aruba.it)
Private AI: Xference launches its European infrastructure from Aruba data centers 

Aruba joins the International Data Spaces Association to contribute to the development of data spaces in Europe

(.CA CIRA)
Eight Canadian stores to shop for sports merch – CIRA

WHOIS and .CA domain privacy: answering frequently asked questions – CIRA

Things to know when filing taxes as a small business owner – CIRA

Celebrating a decade of CIRA’s Internet Performance Test – Moving beyond speed

(.DE DENIC)
Developments in the internet governance environment in April 2026

(Gransy.blog)
Why Is Everyone Suddenly Archiving Their Old Instagram Posts (And What That Says About Digital Memory)? – gransy.blog

(Identity Digital)
Newsroom | Our partners: An interview with Bruce Tonkin, CEO of .au Domain Administration

Identity Digital Launches Neutral, DNS-Anchored Identity for AI Agents

(it.com)
Industry News Digest | April 2026

it.com Domains Joins EU Erasmus+ Programme to Bridge Education and Digital Identity for Future Innovators

How to Optimize A Website For Agentic Commerce

AI-Friendly Blog Articles: How to Create LLM-Ready Content

(Markmonitor)
Markmonitor Launches Intelligence-Led Online Brand Protection for the AI Era | Markmonitor

(.MX Dominos.mx)
The recipe that crossed borders  – Dominos.mx

(.ORG PIR)
Public Interest Registry Launches Global Campaign With Mission 44 across Formula 1 Digital Platforms to Spotlight the .ORG Community – PIR

(.RU Coordination Center for TLD .RU/.РФ)
Winners of IP&IT LAW 2026 announced at the opening of Russian Intellectual Property Week

The .РФ domain exceeds 800,000 registrations

14th DOT Journalism Competition kicks off

School of Real Action: Coordination Center for TLD .RU/.РФ announces the best projects across its cases

“It is important to find a balance between advancing technology and ensuring its safe use”

Registrar Megagroup.ru passes technical tests

Coordination Center experts meet with counterparts from Vietnam Internet Network Information Center (VNNIC)

Coordination Center experts speak at HSE Conference on Personal Data Protection

Russian Domain Space 2025 report released

(Verisign)
Domain Name Industry Brief Quarterly Report | Q1 2026 | Verisign Blog

DNIBcom-Reports-Internet-Has-3925-Million-Domain-Name-Registrations-at-the-End-of-the-First-Quarter-of-2026

Verisign-Reports-First-Quarter-2026-Results

(WhoisXML API)
WhoisXML API at RSAC 2026: Key Insights and Trends | WhoisXML API

WhoisXML API Ranked #121 in Inc. Regionals: Pacific List 2026 | WhoisXML API

Unearthing DNS Facts about UAT-8099 | WhoisXML API

ForceMemo in the DNS Spotlight | WhoisXML API

Others

ReAct: Reflection attack mitigation for asymmetric routing | APNIC Blog

Pacific routing security sets a deadline | APNIC Blog

Google hits 50% IPv6 | APNIC Blog

APNIC and PITA renew MoU to strengthen cooperation in the Pacific | APNIC Blog

Revocation of X.509 certificates | APNIC Blog                          

Detecting and characterizing DDoS scrubbing from global BGP routing | APNIC Blog

Welcoming the 2026 APNIC general and Policy Fellows | APNIC Blog

Using QUIC backscatter to infer hypergiant deployment configurations | APNIC Blog

Strengthening your network security with APNIC’s products and tools  | APNIC Blog

ICANN Opens New gTLD Applications for First Time Since 2012, With $227K Entry Fee and 27 Scripts

Iran’s Internet Blackout Hits 60 Days – Deepening Economic Crisis, Two-Tier Access

2026 new gTLD round has actually opened – Domain Incite

Nominet wants to fight shrinkage without self-abuse – Domain Incite

Verisign cranks up guidance as .com swells – Domain Incite

More Verisign bitchiness as .com price rise revealed – Domain Incite

Is a .tree gTLD very cool or very silly? – Domain Incite

The internet just got its first new TLD since 2022 – Domain Incite

Kid-friendly domains could be reborn – Domain Incite

Shrinking .us TLD is up for grabs – Domain Incite

What is Spirit.com Worth? | DomainInvesting.com

Joel Embiid Files UDRP to Get JoelEmbiid.com | DomainInvesting.com

NBA Acquires NBAE.com Domain Name | DomainInvesting.com

Domain Investors Aren’t Well-Liked | DomainInvesting.com

Are You Building Something? | DomainInvesting.com

Domain Name Registrations Reveal Amazon Acquisition | DomainInvesting.com

How to Transfer a Newly Registered Domain Name Sold on Afternic | DomainInvesting.com

Negotiating with a Price Discrepancy | DomainInvesting.com

ICANN opens application period for new top level domains – Domain Name Wire

GoDaddy reports earnings, slower big aftermarket transactions – Domain Name Wire

Domain stuffing: when free domain promos cross the line – Domain Name Wire

New end user domain sales: mergers create domain acquisitions – Domain Name Wire

Can five cents find your next domain buyer? A look at NameMaxi – Domain Name Wire

Customer sues GoDaddy, alleging domains improperly transferred from account – Domain Name Wire

D3 to fractionalize domain portfolios – Domain Name Wire

ICANN to study registries connecting with Web3 – Domain Name Wire

Nova Registry “unites” domain industry at Manchester United game – Domain Name Wire

Intuit tries to reverse hijack QB.com after failing to buy domain for $2.5 million – Domain Name Wire

German translation company tries reverse domain name hijacking – Domain Name Wire

Verisign ups guidance, reveals first-year renewal rates – Domain Name Wire

Breaking: VeriSign raising wholesale .com prices – Domain Name Wire

New CSC report examines top level domains popular with large corporations – Domain Name Wire

Atom adds new end user targeting, and is building an outbounding system – Domain Name Wire

Where to meet the domain industry in 2026 – Domain Name Wire

Escrow.com passes $8 billion milestone, reports solid Q1 – Domain Name Wire

Nineteen new end user domain sales – Domain Name Wire

Identity Digital to offer “Birth Certificates for AI Agents” – Domain Name Wire

NTIA puts .us domain out to bid, relaxes registrar ownership rule – Domain Name Wire

Two companies filed cybersquatting complaints against the same domain – Domain Name Wire

Man files cybersquatting dispute against two letter domain matching his initials – Domain Name Wire

IGF 2026 to be held in Nairobi, Kenya | Internet Governance Forum (IGF)

Getting women and girls involved in AI-era spectrum management – ITU

Direct to device services: Poised for the leap to 6G – ITU

ICANN

ICANN Opens Second Application Period for the 2026 Round RSP Evaluation Program

ICANN Opens Application Window for New Generic Top-Level Domains

ICANN Launches Webinar Series on 2026 Round Objections and Appeals Processes

ICANN86 Prep Week Schedule Now Available

ICANN Makes Minor Revisions to the 2026 Round Applicant Guidebook

ICANN Webinar: Review of Reviews Cross Community Group Progress

ICANN Extends Deadline for Expressions of Interest: 2026 Round Independent Objectors

(ccNSO)
call-for-presenters-techday-21-04-2026-en.pdf

Current ICANN Public Consultations

(Open Proceedings)
Draft Evaluation Guide for Community Priority Evaluation (CPE)

(Pending Reports)
Proposed Root KSK Algorithm Rollover

Draft Guidelines for Advancing UA Adoption

IRP-IOT – Proposed updates to the IRP Supplementary Procedures

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