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ICANN: At-Large Seeks Your Feedback on the 2nd ATLAS Declaration

The Second At-Large Summit (ATLAS II), which was held concurrently during ICANN ‘s 50th meeting, attracted nearly 150 At-Large Structures from 70 countries.

Representing Internet end users across the world, the ALSs convened in London to network, learn, discuss, mentor, and influence ICANN policy on the theme of “Global Internet: The User Perspective.”

The ATLAS II Declaration [PDF, 202 KB], a key deliverable of the Summit, focuses on the post-ATLAS II endeavors of the At-Large community, ensuring that the user perspective is placed at the center of ICANN activities.

The Declaration contains 43 Recommendations to the ICANN Board, stakeholder groups, and the At-Large Advisory Committee ( ALAC ) on ways to improve their practices. It also includes 10 Observations on the wider Internet community.

The At-Large community now seeks your feedback on the ATLAS II Declaration!

Download a copy of the ATLAS II Declaration from the ATLAS II Website: atlas.icann.org/150-representatives-70-countries-5-ralos-1-declaration/.

If you have comments, suggestions, or inputs on the ATLAS II Declaration, please send your feedback to
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This ICANN announcement was sourced from:
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-08-12-en

Five Million Domains Added In Q1 Taking Global Total To 276 Million: Verisign

Five million domain names were added across all TLDs across the globe in the first quarter of 2014, replicating the number added in the fourth quarter of 2013, Verisign announced in their latest Domain Name Industry Brief, taking the total Domains Under Management to 276 million as of 31 March.

The increase of five million domain names in the first quarter globally equates to a growth rate of 1.7 percent for the quarter, compared to 1.9 percent in the fourth quarter 2013. Worldwide registrations have grown by 19.3 million (18.5 million in the calendar year of 2013), or 7.5 percent (7.3%), year over year.

The .com and .net TLDs experienced aggregate growth, reaching a combined total of approximately 128.5 million domain names in the adjusted zone in the first quarter of 2014. This represents a four percent increase year over year. This compares to the year ending 31 December 2013, when the figures were 127.2 million and five percent. As of 31 March, 2014, the DUM in .com equalled 113.2 million names (112m at the end of Q4), while .net equalled 15.2 million names, the same as for the end of Q4, 2013.

New .com and .net registrations totalled 8.6 million during the first quarter of 2014. In the first quarter of 2013, new .com and .net registrations totalled 8.8 million. These figures were up on the fourth quarter of 2013 where new registrations were 8.2 million and 8.0 million in Q4 2012. This could reflect seasonal variations but it could also show new gTLDs aren’t impeding new .com registrations.

In their report, Verisign provide some pieces of trivia, including the 69 percent of all .com websites are in English. Another two are that over 95 percent of networks are compromised in some way while internet users send 204 million emails per minute.

Among ccTLDs, 27.1 million domain names were added, a 2.9 percent increase quarter over quarter, and a 13.1 percent increase year over year. Among the top TLDs overall, .ru (Russia) moved up one place to eighth, swapping places with .info.

The largest TLDs in order by zone size were .com, .tk (Tokelau – 25.5m), .de (Germany – 15.7m), .net, .uk (United Kingdom – 10.5m – Nov 2013), .org (10.4m), .cn (China – 10.7m), .ru (Russian Federation – 4.9m – August 2013), .info (5.6m) and .nl (Netherlands – 5.5m).*

Among the 20 largest ccTLDs, four exceeded 4 percent overall quarter-over-quarter growth: Tokelau (8.0 percent), Argentina (7.2 percent), India (15.2 percent) and Colombia (12.4 percent). This marks four straight quarters where Tokelau has exceeded 4 percent growth.

As of 31 March, there were 283 global ccTLD extensions delegated in the root (including Internationalised Domain Names), with the top 10 ccTLDs comprising 65.8 percent of all ccTLD registrations.

Again as of 31 March, there were 198 new gTLDs delegated into the root; 125 of which were delegated during the first quarter of 2014.

During the first quarter of 2014, Verisign’s average daily Domain Name System (DNS) query load was 85 billion across all TLDs operated by Verisign, with a peak of 120 billion. Compared to the previous quarter, the daily average increased 3.4 percent and the peak increased 20.6 percent. Year over year, the daily average query load increased 14.8 percent and the peak query load increased 6 percent.

As more companies bring their businesses online, there is an increased concern over domain name security. This quarter’s featured article, “The Domain Threat Landscape: Protecting Critical Infrastructure Requires a Layered Security Approach” provides a brief summary of domain name hijacking and some preventative measures and tools to help ensure your domain name is secure.

The report is available for download from:
www.verisigninc.com/en_US/innovation/dnib/index.xhtml

 * Registry statistics are sourced from RegistrarStats.com, domain-recht.de and individual registries. Registries sometimes do not provide up to date statistics publicly which explains discrepancies.

ICANN: New gTLD Program Auctions – Updated Auction Schedule

The Auction Schedule is updated as of 11 August 2014. This version is updated to reflect the 2015 Auction Dates for January, February, and March. Also reflected is the finalization of the Name Collision Occurrence Management Framework as it pertains to the Auction Schedule. Because the Framework is now finalized, postponement requests on this basis will no longer be accommodated.

 

Understanding Auctions

Overview

Contention sets are groups of applications containing identical or confusingly similar applied for gTLD strings. Contention sets must be resolved prior to the execution of a Registry Agreement for an applied-for gTLD string. An ICANN facilitated auction is a last resort for resolving String Contention Sets, as described in the Applicant Guidebook (AGB)section 4.3.

Auctions will be conducted over the Internet using a procedure know as an ascending-clock auction, where the auctioneer successively increases the start-of-round and end-of-round range of prices, on a per auction round basis. Applicants within the contention set must submit bids to indicate their willingness to pay an amount within the defined price range in the auction round. As the price ranges of the auction rounds increase, applicants may successively choose to exit the auction. When a sufficient number of applications have exited the auction process, so that the remaining application(s) are no longer in contention with one another, and all the relevant string(s) can be delegated as gTLDs, the auction will be deemed concluded. At this point, prevailing applicants that remained in the auction will pay the finalized price and proceed toward delegation.

Auction Eligibility

A String Contention Set will be eligible to enter into a New gTLD Program Auction under the following circumstances only:

  • All active applications in the contention set have:
    • Passed evaluation
    • Resolved any applicable GAC advice
    • Resolved any objections
    • No pending ICANN Accountability Mechanisms
  • Each applied-for gTLD in the contention set is:
    • Not classified as “High-Risk” per the Name Collision Occurrence Management Plan

Auction Resources

Questions?

  • Applicants:Submit an inquiry via the Customer Service Portal
  • Non-Applicants:Email us at
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This ICANN announcement was sourced from:
newgtlds.icann.org//en/applicants/auctions

ICANN: Applicants Respond to London GAC Advice on New gTLDs

In the GAC London Communiqué [PDF, 139 KB], the Governmental Advisory Committee (“GAC”) issued further advice to the ICANN Board of Directors regarding New gTLD applications. ICANN notified applicants and the community about the GAC’s advice on 14 July 2014, thus opening a 21-day applicant response period. Applicant responses have been made public.

 

View Applicant Responses to London GAC Advice »

These responses will be forwarded to the ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee for consideration as it formulates its response to the GAC’s advice.

This ICANN announcement was sourced from:
newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-2-11aug14-en

ICANN Update: The IANA Functions Infographic

ICANN today (11 August) released a new IANA Functions Infographic which explains how the core IANA functions allow users like you to access the Internet.

 

The revised infographic incorporates feedback from the community. Our thanks to those who commented and submitted suggestions. Click here to download the new infographic.

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