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Egypt – First DNS Entrepreneurship Launched in Association with ICANN

NJQ & Associates — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 11:40:58 +0000

Cairo – ICANN, together with Egypt’s National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) announced the launch of a regional DNS Entrepreneurship Center (DNS-EC) in early November. This resource is considered to be the first of its kind in Africa and the Middle East. It will help develop businesses while delivering various advantages to Internet users by helping the Internet ecosystem in this region to evolve.

Several workshops were conducted in Egypt, Tunisia, UAE, and Qatar to prepare for this launch covering the DNS technical and operational issues with professional participants varying from registries, registrars, and hosting companies to government agencies and academic networks.

ICANN also announced that a new legal track would begin focusing on issues concerning domain names.

For more information, please contact egypt@qumsieh.com.

ICANN Launches New gTLD Registration Website

NJQ & Associates — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:33:34 +0000

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has recently launched the new gTLD registration website.The TLD Application System is now live . Starting today,the world of .COM, .GOV , .NET and 19 other gTLDs will be expanded to all types of words in many languages.The deadline for your application is 12 April 2012.

In order to submit your application you will have to use the TLD Application System (TAS) ,in which you will have to answer 50 questions.

The new gTLD website is found at http://newgtlds.icann.org.

More information on how to submit your application you can find here.

ICANN Approves Historic Change to Internet’s Domain Name System

NJQ & Associates — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 11:13:03 +0000

Singapore | ICANN’s Board of Directors has approved a plan to usher in one of the biggest changes ever to the Internet’s Domain Name System. The Board vote was 13 approving, 1 opposed, and 2 abstaining.

During a special meeting, the Board approved a plan to dramatically increase the number of Internet domain name endings — called generic top-level domains (gTLDs) — from the current 22, which includes such familiar domains as .com, .org and .net.

“ICANN has opened the Internet’s naming system to unleash the global human imagination. Today’s decision respects the rights of groups to create new Top Level Domains in any language or script. We hope this allows the domain name system to better serve all of mankind.” said Rod Beckstrom, President and Chief Executive Officer of ICANN.

New gTLDs will change the way people find information on the Internet and how businesses plan and structure their online presence. Internet address names will be able to end with almost any word in any language, offering organizations around the world the opportunity to market their brand, products, community or cause in new and innovative ways.

“Today’s decision will usher in a new Internet age,” said Peter Dengate Thrush, Chairman of ICANN’s Board of Directors. “We have provided a platform for the next generation of creativity and inspiration.”

The decision to proceed with the gTLD program follows many years of discussion, debate and deliberation with the Internet community, business groups and governments. The Applicant Guidebook, a rulebook explaining how to apply for a new gTLD, went through seven significant revisions to incorporate more than 1,000 comments from the public. Strong efforts were made to address the concerns of all interested parties, and to ensure that the security, stability and resiliency of the Internet are not compromised.

ICANN will soon begin a global campaign to tell the world about this dramatic change in Internet names and to raise awareness of the opportunities afforded by new gTLDs. Applications for new gTLDs will be accepted from 12 January 2012 to 12 April 2012.

Jordan – Domain Names Registration with (.jo in Arabic) for Local and Global Trademarks

NJQ & Associates — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:42:39 +0000

The National Information Technology Center in Jordan confirmed that the second phase for registration of domain names in Arabic ending with (.jo in Arabic “الاردن.”) is now open for owners of local and global trademarks. The said registration shall be available until December 4, 2010 within the second marketing stage for encouraging the registration of domain names in Arabic.

Proprietors of local and foreign brand names can now have their own trademarks be registered as domain names in Arabic without the need to have them translated into English.

Registration can be made online through the NITC website www.idn.jo.

It worth mentioning that Jordan has earlier obtained approval from ICANN to register domain names in non Latin Language (Arabic Language).

The registration of domain names in Arabic for companies names or their own trademarks is expected to encourage these corporations to have their trademarks registered and will pave the way for Arabic language to be a global business language.