Akamai Releases Second Quarter 2014 ‘State of the Internet’ Report

Akamai Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of cloud services for delivering, optimizing and securing online content and business applications, today released its Second Quarter, 2014 State of the Internet Report. Based on data gathered from the Akamai Intelligent Platform™, the report provides insight into key global statistics such as connection speeds and broadband adoption across fixed and mobile networks, overall attack traffic, global 4K readiness, IPv4 exhaustion and IPv6 implementation, and traffic patterns across leading Web properties and digital media providers.

 

  • Global average connection speed above the 4 Mbps “broadband” threshold for the first time
  • Global DDoS attack numbers decline, showing 15% year-over-year drop
  • Global unique IPv4 address count drops quarter-over-quarter for first time in history of report

The report also includes insight into the OpenSSL “Heartbleed” vulnerability, SNMP Reflection Attacks, and Storm and Zeus crimeware.

Data and graphics from the Second Quarter, 2014 State of the Internet Report can be found on the Akamai State of the Internet site and through the Akamai State of the Internet app for iPads and iPhones.

“The number of ‘firsts’ we’re seeing in the Second Quarter, 2014 State of the Internet Report make this a particularly interesting quarter,” commented David Belson, editor of the report. “We’ve experienced our first quarterly decrease in global unique IP address counts, the global average connection speed has risen above the 4 Mbps ‘broadband’ threshold, and Akamai’s customers experienced a reduction in the likelihood of repeat DDoS attacks.”

Highlights from Akamai’s Second Quarter, 2014 State of the Internet Report:

Global Average Connection Speeds and Global Broadband Connectivity
The global average connection speed increased 21% from the first to second quarter of the year. At 4.6 Mbps, the global average connection speed exceeded the 4 Mbps “broadband” threshold for the first time.

Eight of the top 10 countries/regions saw double-digit percentage increases from the first to the second quarter of 2014, though South Korea kept its first place average connection speed (24.6 Mbps) with only a 4% quarterly increase. Impressive 18% quarterly growth for Hong Kong (15.7 Mbps) pushed it ahead of Japan, which now matches Switzerland with an average connection speed of 14.9 Mbps. Four of the top 10 countries experienced year-over-year increases of more than 50% in average connection speeds, led by South Korea’s 84% annual rise. Yearly increases were seen in 136 qualifying countries/regions, from 197% in Uruguay (5.6 Mbps) to 1.2% in the United Arab Emirates (4.6 Mbps).

The global average peak connection speed also saw a significant uptick, with a 20% increase to 25.4 Mbps from the first quarter to the second quarter of 2014. All but one of the 139 qualifying countries/regions experienced average peak connection speed increases this quarter, ranging from 2.3% in Iraq (30.4 Mbps) to 65% in Jersey (43.2 Mbps). This is a significant improvement from the first quarter of 2014, when 92 qualifying countries/regions saw quarterly declines in their average peak connection speeds. Year over year, the global average peak connection speed was up by 34%. A total of 125 countries/regions experienced increases over the year, from 0.1% in Lebanon (4.2 Mbps) to 225% in Uruguay (49.7 Mbps).

The global high broadband (>10 Mbps) adoption rate continued to see strong growth in the second quarter of 2014, reaching 23% thanks to a 12% increase during the quarter. Six of the top 10 countries/regions had more than half of their connections to Akamai at speeds of 10 Mbps or above in the second quarter, whereas only two of the top 10 reached that level during the first quarter. Israel saw the most growth in the second quarter as compared to the prior quarter, with a 67% improvement, and while Japan saw the only decline with a nominal 0.3% decrease, it remained third on the list, with 54% of its connections at or above 10 Mbps. South Korea and Switzerland lead the pack with 78% and 56% adoption rates, respectively. Year over year, the global high broadband adoption rate was again up by 65%, the same as the first quarter of 2014. Romania and Israel boasted impressive yearly increases of 200% and 156%, respectively.

The global broadband (>4 Mbps) adoption rate grew 5.6% quarter-over-quarter to reach 59%. Both South Korea and Bulgaria reached 95% broadband adoption in the second quarter, and five other countries/regions had adoption rates of 90% or more. Quarter-over-quarter increases were seen in all but two of the 94 countries/regions that qualified for inclusion. Growth ranged from just 0.3% in Japan (86% adoption) to 1,263% in Algeria (3% adoption). Year over year, the global broadband adoption rate increased 18%, with only the Bahamas and Morocco experiencing drops in adoption. The Bahamas (71% adoption) lost 0.1% and Morocco (9.9% adoption) lost 16%.

4K Readiness
Following the introduction of “4K Readiness” in the First Quarter, 2014 State of the Internet Report, Akamai has again identified candidate geographies that are most likely to sustain connection speeds above 15 Mbps, as Ultra HD adaptive bitrate streams typically require bandwidth between 10 and 20 Mbps. The findings do not account for other “readiness” factors, including availability of 4K-encoded content or 4K-capable televisions and media players.

In total, 51 countries/regions qualified for inclusion this quarter, and 12% of connections globally were at or above the 15 Mbps threshold. This is up 17% over last quarter’s 11% readiness rate. South Korea, Hong Kong and Japan topped the list, at 62%, 34% and 33%, respectively. Year over year, the global 4K readiness rate nearly doubled, growing by 98% to 12% of all connections at 15 Mbps or above.

Attack Traffic and Security
Akamai maintains a distributed set of unadvertised agents deployed across the Internet to log connection attempts that the company classifies as attack traffic. Based on the data collected by these agents, Akamai is able to identify the top countries from which attack traffic originates, as well as the top ports targeted by these attacks. It is important to note, however, that the originating country as identified by the source IP address may not represent the nation in which an attacker resides.

In the second quarter of 2014, Akamai observed attack traffic originating from 161 unique countries/regions, which was 33 fewer than the first quarter of the year. According to Akamai’s observations, the highest concentration of attacks (43%) came from China. Observed traffic from second-place Indonesia more than doubled quarter over quarter to reach 15%, while the United States followed with 13%, up slightly from last quarter’s 11%. The composition of the top 10 countries/regions remained the same from quarter to quarter, but the group was responsible for a greater portion of observed attack traffic: 84% as opposed to 75% last quarter. Furthermore, 70% of attack traffic originated from the Asia Pacific region, while the lowest volume of 0.3% was observed to originate from Africa.

Attack traffic concentration across the top 10 targeted ports increased quarter-over-quarter to 71% from 55%. For only the third time in the history of the report, Port 445 (Microsoft-DS) fell to the second-most targeted by attackers. Port 80 (WWW/HTTP) took the lead in the second quarter when its attack traffic nearly doubled to 15% but, interestingly, was not the most targeted port among any of the top 10 countries/regions.

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attack Traffic
In addition to observations on attack traffic, the State of the Internet Report includes insight into DDoS attacks based on reports from Akamai’s customers. Akamai customers reported 270 DDoS attacks in the second quarter, down from 283 in the first quarter, marking the second consecutive quarter with a decline and a drop of 15% year over year. This trend supports assertions from the Prolexic Q2 Global DDoS Attack Report, suggesting that volumetric attacks targeting Layers 1-4 have increased while application attacks targeting Layers 5-7 have declined.

Though the global number of DDoS attacks is down, the Americas showed an 11% increase in the number of attacks, claiming 57% of all reported attacks. Meanwhile, Asia Pacific has experienced the largest decline in reported DDoS attacks quarter over quarter, dropping 23% from the first quarter to the second, accounting for 25% of worldwide reported DDoS attacks. Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) remained in third place with a modest decline of 14%, amounting to 18% of all reported DDoS attacks. In the second quarter, attacks against the high tech sector continued an upward trend with a 60% increase, whereas the public sector saw the biggest decline (54%).

For the first time since Akamai began tracking repeated attacks against targets, the number of customers that saw subsequent attacks declined from one in four (26%) to nearly one in six (18%). Only two customers were targeted by DDoS attacks more than five times, with one customer seeing as many as seven total attacks, as opposed to the high of 17 attacks the previous quarter.

IPv4 and IPv6
In the second quarter of 2014, more than 788 million IPv4 addresses connected to the Akamai Intelligent Platform from more than 238 unique countries/regions. For the first time in the history of the State of the Internet Report, the global unique IP address count declined quarter over quarter, by a nominal 0.9%; however, this was 4.8% more than the same time last year. While only two of the top 10 countries/regions (Brazil and Japan) saw IP address counts increase from the first quarter, 46% of all countries experienced quarter-over-quarter increases in unique IPv4 address counts, with 26 countries/regions growing by 10% or more.

“Though even a minimal quarter-to-quarter decline is unusual in the history of this report, we see no reason for concern,” said Belson. “It may be due to providers working to conserve limited IPv4 address space, or likely was a result of increased IPv6 connectivity and adoption among leading network providers. That said, globally, 69% of countries and regions still showed year-over-year increases in unique IPv4 address counts.”

As for IPv6 adoption, the largest number of requests continued to come from cable and mobile providers, led by Verizon Wireless, with 50% of its requests to Akamai coming over IPv6. Four other providers, Telenet, Brutele, Kabel Deutschland and XS4ALL had more than one-third of their requests take place over IPv6. European countries continued to dominate the IPv6 adoption list, holding seven of the top 10 positions.

Mobile Connectivity
In the Second Quarter, 2014 State of the Internet Report, 56 countries/regions qualified for inclusion in the mobile section. South Korea’s average mobile connection speed grew slightly from 14.7 Mbps to 15.2 Mbps to maintain its top position, while Vietnam hit a global low of 0.9 Mbps. Average peak mobile connection speeds among qualifying countries/regions ranged from 108 Mbps in Australia down to 4.7 Mbps in Vietnam.

The report also examines the percentage of connections to Akamai from mobile network providers at “broadband” speeds (more than 4 Mbps). In the second quarter, Denmark reported the highest level of mobile broadband adoption at 92%, whereas Brazil, Croatia, Paraguay, Vietnam and Bolivia all had mobile broadband adoption rates below 1%.

About the Akamai State of the Internet Report
Each quarter, Akamai publishes a “State of the Internet” report. This report includes data gathered from across the Akamai Intelligent Platform about attack traffic, broadband adoption, mobile connectivity and other relevant topics concerning the Internet and its usage, as well as trends seen in this data over time. To learn more and to access the archive of past reports, please visit www.akamai.com/stateoftheinternet. To download the figures from the Second Quarter, 2014 State of the Internet Report, please click here.

About Akamai
Akamai® is the leading provider of cloud services for delivering, optimizing and securing online content and business applications. At the core of the Company’s solutions is the Akamai Intelligent Platform™, providing extensive reach, coupled with unmatched reliability, security, visibility and expertise. Akamai removes the complexities of connecting the increasingly mobile world, supporting 24/7 consumer demand, and enabling enterprises to securely leverage the cloud. To learn more about how Akamai is accelerating the pace of innovation in a hyperconnected world, please visit www.akamai.com or blogs.akamai.com, and follow @Akamai on Twitter.

 This Akamai news release was sourced from:
www.akamai.com/html/about/press/releases/2014/press-093014.html

Akamai Releases Second Quarter 2014 ‘State of the Internet’ Report

Akamai Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of cloud services for delivering, optimizing and securing online content and business applications, today released its Second Quarter, 2014 State of the Internet Report. Based on data gathered from the Akamai Intelligent Platform™, the report provides insight into key global statistics such as connection speeds and broadband adoption across fixed and mobile networks, overall attack traffic, global 4K readiness, IPv4 exhaustion and IPv6 implementation, and traffic patterns across leading Web properties and digital media providers.

 

  • Global average connection speed above the 4 Mbps “broadband” threshold for the first time
  • Global DDoS attack numbers decline, showing 15% year-over-year drop
  • Global unique IPv4 address count drops quarter-over-quarter for first time in history of report

The report also includes insight into the OpenSSL “Heartbleed” vulnerability, SNMP Reflection Attacks, and Storm and Zeus crimeware.

Data and graphics from the Second Quarter, 2014 State of the Internet Report can be found on the Akamai State of the Internet site and through the Akamai State of the Internet app for iPads and iPhones.

“The number of ‘firsts’ we’re seeing in the Second Quarter, 2014 State of the Internet Report make this a particularly interesting quarter,” commented David Belson, editor of the report. “We’ve experienced our first quarterly decrease in global unique IP address counts, the global average connection speed has risen above the 4 Mbps ‘broadband’ threshold, and Akamai’s customers experienced a reduction in the likelihood of repeat DDoS attacks.”

Highlights from Akamai’s Second Quarter, 2014 State of the Internet Report:

Global Average Connection Speeds and Global Broadband Connectivity
The global average connection speed increased 21% from the first to second quarter of the year. At 4.6 Mbps, the global average connection speed exceeded the 4 Mbps “broadband” threshold for the first time.

Eight of the top 10 countries/regions saw double-digit percentage increases from the first to the second quarter of 2014, though South Korea kept its first place average connection speed (24.6 Mbps) with only a 4% quarterly increase. Impressive 18% quarterly growth for Hong Kong (15.7 Mbps) pushed it ahead of Japan, which now matches Switzerland with an average connection speed of 14.9 Mbps. Four of the top 10 countries experienced year-over-year increases of more than 50% in average connection speeds, led by South Korea’s 84% annual rise. Yearly increases were seen in 136 qualifying countries/regions, from 197% in Uruguay (5.6 Mbps) to 1.2% in the United Arab Emirates (4.6 Mbps).

The global average peak connection speed also saw a significant uptick, with a 20% increase to 25.4 Mbps from the first quarter to the second quarter of 2014. All but one of the 139 qualifying countries/regions experienced average peak connection speed increases this quarter, ranging from 2.3% in Iraq (30.4 Mbps) to 65% in Jersey (43.2 Mbps). This is a significant improvement from the first quarter of 2014, when 92 qualifying countries/regions saw quarterly declines in their average peak connection speeds. Year over year, the global average peak connection speed was up by 34%. A total of 125 countries/regions experienced increases over the year, from 0.1% in Lebanon (4.2 Mbps) to 225% in Uruguay (49.7 Mbps).

The global high broadband (>10 Mbps) adoption rate continued to see strong growth in the second quarter of 2014, reaching 23% thanks to a 12% increase during the quarter. Six of the top 10 countries/regions had more than half of their connections to Akamai at speeds of 10 Mbps or above in the second quarter, whereas only two of the top 10 reached that level during the first quarter. Israel saw the most growth in the second quarter as compared to the prior quarter, with a 67% improvement, and while Japan saw the only decline with a nominal 0.3% decrease, it remained third on the list, with 54% of its connections at or above 10 Mbps. South Korea and Switzerland lead the pack with 78% and 56% adoption rates, respectively. Year over year, the global high broadband adoption rate was again up by 65%, the same as the first quarter of 2014. Romania and Israel boasted impressive yearly increases of 200% and 156%, respectively.

The global broadband (>4 Mbps) adoption rate grew 5.6% quarter-over-quarter to reach 59%. Both South Korea and Bulgaria reached 95% broadband adoption in the second quarter, and five other countries/regions had adoption rates of 90% or more. Quarter-over-quarter increases were seen in all but two of the 94 countries/regions that qualified for inclusion. Growth ranged from just 0.3% in Japan (86% adoption) to 1,263% in Algeria (3% adoption). Year over year, the global broadband adoption rate increased 18%, with only the Bahamas and Morocco experiencing drops in adoption. The Bahamas (71% adoption) lost 0.1% and Morocco (9.9% adoption) lost 16%.

4K Readiness
Following the introduction of “4K Readiness” in the First Quarter, 2014 State of the Internet Report, Akamai has again identified candidate geographies that are most likely to sustain connection speeds above 15 Mbps, as Ultra HD adaptive bitrate streams typically require bandwidth between 10 and 20 Mbps. The findings do not account for other “readiness” factors, including availability of 4K-encoded content or 4K-capable televisions and media players.

In total, 51 countries/regions qualified for inclusion this quarter, and 12% of connections globally were at or above the 15 Mbps threshold. This is up 17% over last quarter’s 11% readiness rate. South Korea, Hong Kong and Japan topped the list, at 62%, 34% and 33%, respectively. Year over year, the global 4K readiness rate nearly doubled, growing by 98% to 12% of all connections at 15 Mbps or above.

Attack Traffic and Security
Akamai maintains a distributed set of unadvertised agents deployed across the Internet to log connection attempts that the company classifies as attack traffic. Based on the data collected by these agents, Akamai is able to identify the top countries from which attack traffic originates, as well as the top ports targeted by these attacks. It is important to note, however, that the originating country as identified by the source IP address may not represent the nation in which an attacker resides.

In the second quarter of 2014, Akamai observed attack traffic originating from 161 unique countries/regions, which was 33 fewer than the first quarter of the year. According to Akamai’s observations, the highest concentration of attacks (43%) came from China. Observed traffic from second-place Indonesia more than doubled quarter over quarter to reach 15%, while the United States followed with 13%, up slightly from last quarter’s 11%. The composition of the top 10 countries/regions remained the same from quarter to quarter, but the group was responsible for a greater portion of observed attack traffic: 84% as opposed to 75% last quarter. Furthermore, 70% of attack traffic originated from the Asia Pacific region, while the lowest volume of 0.3% was observed to originate from Africa.

Attack traffic concentration across the top 10 targeted ports increased quarter-over-quarter to 71% from 55%. For only the third time in the history of the report, Port 445 (Microsoft-DS) fell to the second-most targeted by attackers. Port 80 (WWW/HTTP) took the lead in the second quarter when its attack traffic nearly doubled to 15% but, interestingly, was not the most targeted port among any of the top 10 countries/regions.

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attack Traffic
In addition to observations on attack traffic, the State of the Internet Report includes insight into DDoS attacks based on reports from Akamai’s customers. Akamai customers reported 270 DDoS attacks in the second quarter, down from 283 in the first quarter, marking the second consecutive quarter with a decline and a drop of 15% year over year. This trend supports assertions from the Prolexic Q2 Global DDoS Attack Report, suggesting that volumetric attacks targeting Layers 1-4 have increased while application attacks targeting Layers 5-7 have declined.

Though the global number of DDoS attacks is down, the Americas showed an 11% increase in the number of attacks, claiming 57% of all reported attacks. Meanwhile, Asia Pacific has experienced the largest decline in reported DDoS attacks quarter over quarter, dropping 23% from the first quarter to the second, accounting for 25% of worldwide reported DDoS attacks. Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) remained in third place with a modest decline of 14%, amounting to 18% of all reported DDoS attacks. In the second quarter, attacks against the high tech sector continued an upward trend with a 60% increase, whereas the public sector saw the biggest decline (54%).

For the first time since Akamai began tracking repeated attacks against targets, the number of customers that saw subsequent attacks declined from one in four (26%) to nearly one in six (18%). Only two customers were targeted by DDoS attacks more than five times, with one customer seeing as many as seven total attacks, as opposed to the high of 17 attacks the previous quarter.

IPv4 and IPv6
In the second quarter of 2014, more than 788 million IPv4 addresses connected to the Akamai Intelligent Platform from more than 238 unique countries/regions. For the first time in the history of the State of the Internet Report, the global unique IP address count declined quarter over quarter, by a nominal 0.9%; however, this was 4.8% more than the same time last year. While only two of the top 10 countries/regions (Brazil and Japan) saw IP address counts increase from the first quarter, 46% of all countries experienced quarter-over-quarter increases in unique IPv4 address counts, with 26 countries/regions growing by 10% or more.

“Though even a minimal quarter-to-quarter decline is unusual in the history of this report, we see no reason for concern,” said Belson. “It may be due to providers working to conserve limited IPv4 address space, or likely was a result of increased IPv6 connectivity and adoption among leading network providers. That said, globally, 69% of countries and regions still showed year-over-year increases in unique IPv4 address counts.”

As for IPv6 adoption, the largest number of requests continued to come from cable and mobile providers, led by Verizon Wireless, with 50% of its requests to Akamai coming over IPv6. Four other providers, Telenet, Brutele, Kabel Deutschland and XS4ALL had more than one-third of their requests take place over IPv6. European countries continued to dominate the IPv6 adoption list, holding seven of the top 10 positions.

Mobile Connectivity
In the Second Quarter, 2014 State of the Internet Report, 56 countries/regions qualified for inclusion in the mobile section. South Korea’s average mobile connection speed grew slightly from 14.7 Mbps to 15.2 Mbps to maintain its top position, while Vietnam hit a global low of 0.9 Mbps. Average peak mobile connection speeds among qualifying countries/regions ranged from 108 Mbps in Australia down to 4.7 Mbps in Vietnam.

The report also examines the percentage of connections to Akamai from mobile network providers at “broadband” speeds (more than 4 Mbps). In the second quarter, Denmark reported the highest level of mobile broadband adoption at 92%, whereas Brazil, Croatia, Paraguay, Vietnam and Bolivia all had mobile broadband adoption rates below 1%.

About the Akamai State of the Internet Report
Each quarter, Akamai publishes a “State of the Internet” report. This report includes data gathered from across the Akamai Intelligent Platform about attack traffic, broadband adoption, mobile connectivity and other relevant topics concerning the Internet and its usage, as well as trends seen in this data over time. To learn more and to access the archive of past reports, please visit www.akamai.com/stateoftheinternet. To download the figures from the Second Quarter, 2014 State of the Internet Report, please click here.

About Akamai
Akamai® is the leading provider of cloud services for delivering, optimizing and securing online content and business applications. At the core of the Company’s solutions is the Akamai Intelligent Platform™, providing extensive reach, coupled with unmatched reliability, security, visibility and expertise. Akamai removes the complexities of connecting the increasingly mobile world, supporting 24/7 consumer demand, and enabling enterprises to securely leverage the cloud. To learn more about how Akamai is accelerating the pace of innovation in a hyperconnected world, please visit www.akamai.com or blogs.akamai.com, and follow @Akamai on Twitter.

 This Akamai news release was sourced from:
www.akamai.com/html/about/press/releases/2014/press-093014.html

Sedo Reports $1 Million in Domain Name Sales ! Answers.tv Topped Sedo’s Weekly Sales List at 22,500 EUR

Answers.tv topped Sedo’s weekly sales list at 22,500 EUR. Highlights also include 5198.com,leading the .COM category at $20,000 and Shou.net, leading the “Other” category at 6,000 EUR.

 

Other notable domain name sales include :

.COM

piqs.com     12,000     USD
delrio.com     10,000     USD
jiver.com     10,000     USD
capish.com     9,265     EUR
clonix.com     8,000     USD
homepartnersofamerica.com     7,000     USD
mauiwhalewatching.com     5,900     USD
wenjin.com     5,500     USD
anamaya.com     5,200     USD
bevara.com     5,000     USD
idecor.com     5,000     GBP
ilovebeachtennis.com     5,000     USD
winhec.com     5,000     USD
kpage.com     5,000     USD
giantbingo.com     5,000     USD
homonovus.com     4,800     EUR
adcanvas.com     4,500     USD
turvo.com     4,500     EUR
darcity.com     4,000     USD
qisp.com     4,000     USD
neofytos.com     3,900     EUR
paylytics.com     3,900     USD
sefon.com     3,885     GBP
hellobrand.com     3,850     EUR
jobsinsocialwork.com     3,500     GBP
loyaltymedia.com     3,500     USD
lofthq.com     3,500     USD
chargeoff.com     3,500     USD

ccTLDs

piercings.de     10,000     EUR
thefaceshop.com.cn     9,588     USD
online-roulette.de     7,500     EUR
gay.es     6,200     EUR
peru.eu     5,750     EUR
crafted.co     4,500     USD
gather.in     4,499     USD
fanliga.de     4,150     EUR
lyst.de     3,100     EUR
travel.ai     2,750     EUR
pbc.co.za     2,650     USD
wisp.co     2,599     USD
argentinien.eu     2,575     EUR
aerosol.eu     2,500     EUR
athletic.de     2,000     EUR
sabina.de     1,900     EUR
thescore.kr     1,800     USD
thescore.co.kr     1,800     USD
online-spielautomaten.de     1,700     EUR
gaudi.de     1,600     EUR
cosmetic.de     1,500     EUR
germania.ch     1,490     EUR
philadelphia.gr     1,228     USD
tute.co.uk     1,200     GBP
sodexoprestige.es     1,200     EUR
planlegg.no     1,150     EUR

Other

lossless.audio     5,000     USD
polygon.org     3,400     USD
finfree.org     3,000     USD
basketballgames.org     2,500     USD
djs.club     1,500     USD
vvg.info     1,100     EUR
gym.biz     1,000     USD
ilovebeachtennis.net     1,000     USD
faisaly.net     925     USD
union.biz     900     USD
learnrussian.org     877     USD
356.parts     799     EUR
mytickets.info     750     EUR

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Four Other New gTLDs Delegated, Including .Pyc and .TUI

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced that four other new TLDs were delegated, bringing the total number to 419.

 

The four new gTLD are:

.PYC
.TUI
.Vermögensberater
.Vermögensberatung

The other 416 new gTLDs delegated so far are:

.Budapest
.Casa
.Work
.cal
.channel
.chrome
.fly
.gle
.google
.nexus
.prof
.zip
.WME
.pharmacy
.gmx 
.手机
.rsvp
.new
.mov
.meme
.ing
.frl
.eat
.day
.dad
.boo
.youtube
.prod
.here
.esq
.pizza
.otsuka
.immo
.gmail
.gbiz
.network
.business
.企业
.uol
.property
.ooo
.ltda
.how
.hosting
.help
.diet
.click
.cern
.caravan
.sca
.bnpparibas
.广东
.佛山
.wales
.tatar
.sarl
.restaurant
.gifts
.cymru
.top
.realtor
.healthcare 
.williamhill
.ong TLD Delegation
.Praxi
.yandex
.whoswho
.nra
.ngo
.lacaixa
.krd
.auction
.LGBT
.Spiegel
.Bloomberg
.NRW
.SCB
.Cuisinella
.Schmidt
.CancerResearch
.Active
.Mini
.capetown
.durban
.green
.joburg
.lotto
.ovh
.physio
.wang
.Brussels
.BZH
.Surf
.Vlaanderen
.Global
.army
.engineer
.gives
.hamburg
.navy
.nhk
.rehab
.republican
.tirol
.bio
.vet
.software
.press
.mortgage
.market
.lawyer
.host
.hiv
.dentist
.attorney
.Reise
.Versicherung
.Audio
.Beer
.Church
.Guide
.HipHop
.Juegos
.Life
.Luxe
.Loans
3 May 2014 GMO GMO Internet, Inc.
3 May 2014 GLOBO Globo Comunicação e Participações S.A
3 May 2014 BAYERN Bayern Connect GmbH
30 April 2014 AIRFORCE United TLD Holdco Ltd.
29 April 2014 CREDITCARD Binky Frostbite, LLC
29 April 2014 INSURE Pioneer Willow, LLC
29 April 2014 FINANCE Cotton Cypress, LLC
29 April 2014 WTC World Trade Centers Association, Inc.
29 April 2014 CITIC CITIC Group Corporation
24 April 2014 москва (xn--80adxhks) – Russian for “Moscow/ moskva”Foundation for Assistance for Internet Technologies and Infrastructure Development (FAITID)
24 April 2014 MOSCOW Foundation for Assistance for Internet Technologies and Infrastructure Development (FAITID)
23 April 2014 LIMITED Big Fest, LLC
23 April 2014 FAIL Atomic Pipe, LLC
23 April 2014 EXCHANGE Spring Falls, LLC
23 April 2014 TAX Storm Orchard, LLC
23 April 2014 WTF Hidden Way, LLC
23 April 2014 FUND John Castle, LLC
23 April 2014 SURGERY Tin Avenue, LLC
23 April 2014 INVESTMENTS Holly Glen, LLC
23 April 2014 FINANCIAL Just Cover, LLC
23 April 2014 GRATIS Pioneer Tigers, LLC
23 April 2014 FURNITURE Lone Fields, LLC
23 April 2014 DENTAL Tin Birch, LLC
23 April 2014 CARE Goose Cross, LLC
23 April 2014 CASHD elta Lake, LLC
23 April 2014 DISCOUNT Holly Hill, LLC
23 April 2014 BLACKFRIDAY Uniregistry, Corp.
23 April 2014 CLINICoose Park, LLC
23 April 2014 FITNESS Brice Orchard, LLC
19 April 2014 SCHULE Outer Moon, LLC
19 April 2014 FOO Charleston Road Registry, Inc.
19 April 2014 SOY Charleston Road Registry, Inc.
19 April 2014 PARIS City of Paris
19 April 2014 FROGANSOP3FT
16 April 2014 QUEBEC PointQuébec Inc
11 April 2014 PICTURES Foggy Sky, LLC
11 April 2014 UNIVERSITLittle Station, LLC
11 April 2014 GALAsociación puntoGAL
11 April 2014 ASSOCIATES Baxter Hill, LLC
11 April 2014 REISE New Cypress, LLC
11 April 2014 MEDIA Grand Glen, LLC
11 April 2014 CAREEr dotCareer LLC
11 April 2014 TOWN Koko Moon, LLC
11 April 2014 TOYS Pioneer Orchard, LLC
11 April 2014 LEASE Victor Trail, LLC
11 April 2014 SERVICES Fox Castle, LLC
11 April 2014 ENGINEERING Romeo Canyon
11 April 2014 GRIPE Com Sunset, LLC
11 April 2014 EUS Puntueus Fundazioa
11 April 2014 CAPITAL Delta Mill, LLC
10 April 2014 DESIDesi Networks, LLC
10 April 2014 FEEDBACK Top Level Spectrum, Inc.
10 April 2014 COLLEGE XYZ.COM, LLC
10 April 2014 ROCKS United TLD Holdco, Ltd.
10 April 2014 网址 (xn--ses554g) – Chinese for “network address”Hu Yi Global Information Resources (Holding) Company Hong Kong Limited
4 April 2014 GOP Republican State Leadership Committee, Inc.
3 April 2014 RYUKYU BusinessRalliart Inc.
3 April 2014 YOKOHAMA GMO Registry, Inc.
2 April 2014     REST     Punto 2012 Sociedad Anonima Promotora de Inversion de Capital Variable
2 April 2014     SAARLAND     dotSaarland GmbH
31 March 2014     CONSULTING     Pixie Station, LLC
31 March 2014     VODKA     Top Level Domain Holdings Limited
31 March 2014     HAUS     Pixie Edge, LLC
31 March 2014     COOKING     Top Level Domain Holdings Limited
31 March 2014     MOE     Interlink Co., Ltd.
31 March 2014     RODEO     Top Level Domain Holdings Limited
31 March 2014     COUNTRY     Uniregistry, Corp.
31 March 2014     商城(xn--czru2d) – Chinese for “mall”     Zodiac Capricorn Limited
31 March 2014     HORSE     Top Level Domain Holdings Limited
31 March 2014     FISHING     Top Level Domain Holdings Limited
31 March 2014     VEGAS     Dot Vegas, Inc.
31 March 2014     MIAMI     Top Level Domain Holdings Limited
31 March 2014     ARCHI     Starting Dot Limited
27 March 2014     BLACK     Afilias Limited
27 March 2014     REN     Beijing Qianxiang Wangjing Technology Development Co., Ltd.
27 March 2014     MEET     Afilias Limited
25 March 2014     SOHU     Sohu.com Limited
22 March 2014     LONDON     Dot London Domains Limited
20 March 2014     NYC     The City of New York by and through the New York City Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications
19 March 2014     COLOGNE     NetCologne Gesellschaft für Telekommunikation mbH
19 March 2014     AXA     AXA SA
19 March 2014     WEBCAM     dot Webcam Limited
19 March 2014     TRADE     Elite Registry Limited
15 March 2014     JETZT     New TLD Company
12 March 2014     世界 (xn--rhqv96g) – Chinese for “world/shijie”     Stable Tone Limited
11 March 2014     DNP     Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
11 March 2014     INK     Top Level Design, LLC
9 March 2014     机构 (xn--nqv7f) – Chinese for “agencies/institutions”     Public Interest Registry
9 March 2014     संगठन (xn--i1b6b1a6a2e) – Hindi for “organization/sangathana”     Public Interest Registry
9 March 2014     组织机构 (xn--nqv7fs00ema) – Chinese for “organization”     Public Interest Registry
5 March 2014     орг (xn--c1avg) – Russian for “organization/org”     Public Interest Registry
5 March 2014     KOELN     NetCologne Gesellschaft für Telekommunikation mbH
2 March 2014     BID     dot Bid Limited
2 March 2014     OKINAWA     BusinessRalliart Inc.
2 March 2014     VOTE     Monolith Registry LLC
2 March 2014     VOTO     Monolith Registry LLC
27 February 2014     BAR     Punto 2012 Sociedad Anonima Promotora de Inversion de Capital Variable
27 February 2014     KRED     KredTLD Pty Ltd
27 February 2014     BEST     BestTLD Pty Ltd
26 February 2014     CHRISTMAS     Uniregistry, Corp.
26 February 2014     PUB     United TLD Holdco, Ltd.
26 February 2014     дети (xn--d1acj3b) – Russian for “kids/deti”     The Foundation for Network Initiatives “The Smart Internet”
26 February 2014     ACTOR     United TLD Holdco, Ltd.
25 February 2014     SUPPLIES     Atomic Fields, LLC
21 February 2014     FISH     Fox Woods, LLC
21 February 2014     삼성 (xn―cg4bki) – Korean for “Samsung/Samseong”     Samsung SDS Co., LTD
21 February 2014     VACATIONS     Atomic Tigers, LLC
21 February 2014     INDUSTRIES     Outer House, LLC
21 February 2014     SUPPLY     Half Falls, LLC
19 February 2014     XYZ     XYZ.COM, LLC
19 February 2014     WIKI     Top Level Design, LLC
19 February 2014     NEUSTAR     NeuStar, Inc,
18 February 2014     بازار (xn--mgbab2bd) – Arabic for “bazaar/bazar”     CORE Association
16 February 2014     MANGO     Punto FA S.L.
12 February 2014     QPON     dotCOOL, Inc.
11 February 2014     CARDS     Foggy Hollow, LLC
11 February 2014     FOUNDATION     John Dale, LLC
11 February 2014     REVIEWS     United TLD Holdco, Ltd.
11 February 2014     FUTBOL     United TLD Holdco, Ltd.
11 February 2014     VISION     Koko Station, LLC
11 February 2014     CONDOS     Pine House, LLC
11 February 2014     VILLAS     Koko Station, LLC
11 February 2014     PARTS     Sea Goodbye, LLC
11 February 2014     PRODUCTIONS     Magic Birch, LLC
11 February 2014     MAISON     Victor Frostbite, LLC
5 February 2014     移动 (xn--6frz82g) – Chinese for “mobile”     Afilias Limited
5 February 2014     BLUE     Afilias Limited
4 February 2014     FLIGHTS     Fox Station, LLC
4 February 2014     CLEANING     Fox Shadow, LLC
4 February 2014     REPORT     Binky Glen, LLC
4 February 2014     EVENTS     Pioneer Maple, LLC
4 February 2014     CRUISES     Spring Way, LLC
4 February 2014     RENTALS     Big Hollow, LLC
4 February 2014     PARTNERS     Magic Glen, LLC
4 February 2014     PROPERTIES     Big Pass, LLC
4 February 2014     CATERING     New Falls, LLC
4 February 2014     EXPOSED     Victor Beach, LLC
29 January 2014     VOTING     Valuetainment, Corp.
29 January 2014     TOKYO     GMO Registry, Inc.
29 January 2014     NAGOYA     GMO Registry, Inc.
27 January 2014     DATING     Pine Fest, LLC
27 January 2014     COMMUNITY     Fox Orchard, LLC
23 January 2014     BOUTIQUE     Over Galley, LLC
23 January 2014     BARGAINS     Half Hallow, LLC
23 January 2014     TIENDA     Victor Manor, LLC
23 January 2014     WORKS     Little Dynamite, LLC
23 January 2014     WED     Atgron, Inc.
23 January 2014     EXPERT     Magic Pass, LLC
23 January 2014     WATCH     Sand Shadow, LLC
23 January 2014     KIM     Afilias Limited
23 January 2014     COOL     Koko Lake, LLC
23 January 2014     TOOLS     Pioneer North, LLC
18 January 2014     CLUB     .Club Domains, LLC
18 January 2014     BUILD     Plan Bee, LLC
18 January 2014     PICS     Uniregistry, Corp.
18 January 2014     PINK     Afilias Limited
18 January 2014     LUXURY     Luxury Partners, LLC
18 January 2014     PHOTO     Uniregistry, Corp.
18 January 2014     GIFT     Uniregistry, Corp.
18 January 2014     网络 (xn--io0a7i) – Chinese for “network”     Computer Network Information Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences (China Internet Information Center)
18 January 2014     公司 (xn--55qx5d) – Chinese for “company”     Computer Network Information Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences (China Internet Information Center)
18 January 2014     MONASH     Monash University
18 January 2014     RICH     I-REGISTRY Ltd. Niederlassung Deutschland
18 January 2014     RED     Afilias Limited
18 January 2014     SHIKSHA     Afilias Limited
18 January 2014     中信 (xn--fiq64b) – Chinese for “CITIC”     CITIC Group Corporation
18 January 2014     LINK     Uniregistry, Corp.
18 January 2014     GUITARS     Uniregistry, Corp.
14 January 2014     ZONE     Outer Falls, LLC
14 January 2014     CHEAP     Sand Cover, LLC
14 January 2014     MARKETING     Fern pass, LLC
14 January 2014     DEMOCRAT     United TLD Holdco Ltd.
14 January 2014     SOCIAL     United TLD Holdco Ltd.
14 January 2014     AGENCY     Steel Falls, LLC
14 January 2014     MODA     United TLD Holdco Ltd.
14 January 2014     DANCE     United TLD Holdco Ltd.
8 January 2014     BERLIN     dotBERLIN GmbH & Co. KG
3 January 2014     集团 (xn--3bst00m) – Chinese for “group”     Eagle Horizon Limited
3 January 2014     我爱你 (xn--6qq986b3xl) – Chinese for “I love you”     Tycoon Treasure Limited
3 January 2014     中文网 (xn--fiq228c5hs) – Chinese for “Chinese network”     TLD Registry Limited
3 January 2014     WANG     Zodiac Leo Limited
3 January 2014     KIWI     Dot Kiwi Limited
3 January 2014     WIEN     punkt.wien GmbH
2 January 2014     EMAIL     Spring Madison, LLC
2 January 2014     IMMOBILIEN     United TLD Holdco Ltd.
2 January 2014     在线 (xn--3ds443g) – Chinese for “online”     TLD Registry Limited
28 December 2013     INSTITUTE     Outer Maple, LLC
28 December 2013     CEO     CEOTLD Pty Ltd
28 December 2013     SOLAR     Ruby Town, LLC
28 December 2013     FARM     Just Maple, LLC
28 December 2013     EDUCATION     Brice Way, LLC
28 December 2013     GLASS     Black Cover, LLC
28 December 2013     ONL     I-REGISTRY Ltd. Niederlassung Deutschland
28 December 2013     INTERNATIONAL     Wild Way, LLC
28 December 2013     CODES     Puff Willow, LLC
28 December 2013     TRAINING     Wild Willow, LLC
28 December 2013     HOUSE     Sugar Park, LLC
28 December 2013     KAUFEN     United TLD Holdco Ltd.
28 December 2013     NINJA     United TLD Holdco Ltd.
28 December 2013     REPAIR     Lone Sunset, LLC
28 December 2013     BUILDERS     Atomic Madison, LLC
28 December 2013     COFFEE     Trixy Cover, LLC
28 December 2013     FLORIST     Half Cypress, LLC
28 December 2013     HOLIDAY     Goose Woods, LLC
28 December 2013     SOLUTIONS     Silver Cover, LLC
18 December 2013     BUZZ     dotStrategy Co.
18 December 2013     SUPPORT     Grand Orchard, LLC
17 December 2013     RECIPES     Grand Island, LLC
17 December 2013     COMPUTER     Pine Mill, LLC
17 December 2013     ACADEMY     Half Oaks, LLC
17 December 2013     CAREERS     Wild Corner, LLC
17 December 2013     CAB     Half Sunset, LLC
17 December 2013     公益 (xn--55qw42g) – Chinese for “charity”     China Organizational Name Administration Center
17 December 2013     政务 (xn--zfr164b) – Chinese for “government”     China Organizational Name Administration Center
17 December 2013     SYSTEMS     Dash Cypress, LLC
17 December 2013     DOMAINS     Sugar Cross, LLC
17 December 2013     VIAJES     Black Madison, LLC
17 December 2013     COMPANY     Silver Avenue, LLC
17 December 2013     CAMP     Delta Dynamite, LLC
17 December 2013     LIMO     Hidden Frostbite, LLC
17 December 2013     MANAGEMENT     John Goodbye, LLC
17 December 2013     PHOTOS     Sea Corner, LLC
17 December 2013     SHOES     Binky Galley, LLC
17 December 2013     CENTER     Tin Mill, LLC
10 December 2013     RUHR     Regiodot GmbH & Co. KG
30 November 2013     MENU     Wedding TLD2, LLC
30 November 2013     UNO     Dot Latin, LLC
23 November 2013     みんな (xn--q9jyb4c) – Japanese for “everyone”     Charleston Road Registry, Inc.
19 November 2013     diamonds     John Edge, LLC
19 November 2013     tips     Corn Willow, LLC
19 November 2013     photography     Sugar Glen, LLC
19 November 2013     directory     Extra Madison, LLC
19 November 2013     enterprises     Snow Oaks, LLC
19 November 2013     kitchen     Just Goodbye, LLC
19 November 2013     today     Pearl Woods, LLC
14 November 2013     plumbing     Spring Tigers, LLC
14 November 2013     graphics     Over Madison, LLC
14 November 2013     contractors     Magic Woods, LLC
14 November 2013     gallery     Sugar House, LLC
14 November 2013     sexy     Uniregistry, Corp.
14 November 2013     construction     Fox Dynamite, LLC
14 November 2013     tattoo     Uniregistry, Corp.
14 November 2013     technology     Auburn Falls
14 November 2013     estate     Trixy Park, LLC
14 November 2013     land     Pine Moon, LLC
14 November 2013     bike     Grand Hollow, LLC
06 November 2013     VENTURES     Binky Lake, LLC
06 November 2013     CAMERA     Atomic Maple, LLC.
06 November 2013     CLOTHING     Steel Lake, LLC
06 November 2013     LIGHTING     John McCook, LLC
06 November 2013     SINGLES     Fern Madison, LLC
06 November 2013     VOYAGE     Ruby House, LLC
06 November 2013     GURU     Pioneer Cypress, LLC
06 November 2013     HOLDINGS     John Madison, LLC
06 November 2013     EQUIPMENT     Corn Station, LLC
23 October 2013     شبكة (xn--ngbc5azd) – Arabic for “web/network”     International Domain Registry Pty. Ltd.
23 October 2013     онлайн (xn--80asehdb) – Russian for “online”     CORE Association
23 October 2013     сайт (xn--80aswg) – Russian for “site”     CORE Association
23 October 2013     游戏(xn--unup4y) – Chinese for “game(s)”     Spring Fields, LLC

PIR Seeks Leaders to Serve on its NGO Community Advisory

Public Interest Registry (PIR), the company behind .ORG extension, announced that it is accepting nominations from individuals to join the Public Interest Registry NGO Communit Advisory Council.

 

You can read the press release after the jump :

“Public Interest Registry – the not-for-profit operator of the .org domain – today announced it is accepting nominations from individuals to join the Public Interest Registry NGO Community Advisory Council. As part of the Advisory Council, members will provide input on issues facing the NGO (non-governmental organisation) community to help Public Interest Registry better serve users of .ngo|.ong – soon-to-be-launched top-level domains intended exclusively for NGOs across the globe.

Today through October 31, 2014, interested individuals can nominate themselves or other candidates to serve in one of the seven open positions on the Advisory Council. The role of the Advisory Council is to focus on the unique issues of the NGO community, ranging from policy to the introduction of new services. Members are expected to provide input on new policies, strategies and services to advance .ngo|.ong as a thriving non-commercial Internet community.

“Before we pursued the development of .ngo|.ong, we at Public Interest Registry traveled all around the globe to meet with NGOs about their online challenges and how these new domain extensions could be beneficial,” said Brian Cute, CEO of Public Interest Registry. “The NGO Community Advisory Council will help us continue this effort by ensuring that NGOs have active representation in the decision making process of the .ngo|.ong suite of online services.”

With the .ngo|.ong domain, NGOs of all sizes and reach will have access to an exclusive online identity and membership to a community website with a searchable directory to improve visibility, raise funds and connect with other NGOs. The validation process – managed by Public Interest Registry – reassures Internet users worldwide that websites with .ngo and .ong identities represent genuine NGOs.

Advisory Council members will represent a diverse spectrum of the non-commercial community, chosen from each of the following seven regions: Asia; Oceania; Africa; Europe; North America; Latin America and the Caribbean; and the Middle East and North Africa. Members will be drawn from various sectors of the non-commercial community such as educational, artistic, cultural, human rights, political, religious and scientific sectors. Advisory Council members will serve a three-year term beginning in December 2014.

Eligible candidates should have significant leadership experience in the nonprofit and NGO arena, an acute understanding of the issues and policies that affect the community, and an affinity with the values of Public Interest Registry. Candidates should submit their expression of interest detailing their experience, expertise and qualifications online here.”