by Baher Esmat on June 30, 2010
Having an Internet Governance workshop at ICANN meetings has become a norm in the past few years. The purpose of such workshops is to inform ICANN community of developments taking place at IGF fora, and to allow participants to exchange views on the various issues under debate. At last week’s workshop at the ICANN meeting [...]
by Tina Dam on June 28, 2010
This past week was quite the historical change for the Internet with several additional languages moving forward in the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process. Chinese: With one billion people around the world using Chinese as their primary language, it means that one out of every five people on the planet can have benefit from the [...]
by Olof Nordling on June 14, 2010
The ICANN board recently passed a resolution requesting that a Working Group develop a sustainable approach to providing support to applicants requiring assistance in applying for and operating new gTLDs. (http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-12mar10-en.htm#20) The Working Group has outlined five objectives, two of which are: Objective 3: To identify what kinds of support (e.g. technical assistance, organizational assistance, [...]