Industry news from NetNames

ICANN vote to open up the Internet
A complete overhaul of the way people navigate the internet has been given the go ahead in Paris. The Internet’s regulator ICANN voted unanimously to relax the strict rules on Top Level domain names, such as .com or .uk, can be relaxed.

Read Article 		.nu to allow registration of numeric domain names
As of 10 June, 2008 the .nu domain has revised its policies to begin accepting the registration of numeric domain names which use numbers or numbers and dashes - such as 212.nu. 10-4.nu, or 3663.nu (the English word "food.nu" on a mobile phone keypad).
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.sd Sudan registrations temporarily suspended
The Sudan (.SD) Registry is in the process of system enhancement and so has just announced that as part of the upgrade to their systems, its operations will cease from 01 June 2008 until 30 June 2008 at 09:00 UTC.
Read Article 		.kn to be re-delegated
The Registry for the ccTLD of St Kitts and Nevis, is currently making changes to the registration procedures and has put on hold new registrations until the new changes are implemented.
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