"The Runet Evolution Rating", the new issue of the CC’s analytical Bulletin, has come out. >>>

At an extended meeting held on 23 January, the Registrars Committee discussed prospective solutions to the problem of vacated domains registration. The Committee meeting was attended by representatives of the Technical Center of Internet (TCI) and the CC’s Council members. >>>

On 13 January the Coordination Center for TLD RU/РФ held a press conference “Domain spaces administration strategy in 2012” in the ITAR-TASS press center, which was attended by leading domain industry experts, technical experts, registrars’ and NGO representatives. >>>

The number of top-level domains is set to grow significantly in the near future: from 12 January, ICANN will begin accepting applications to operate new generic top-level domains. >>>

• French accents to be allowed in .CA
• Verisign places a hefty sum apart for dozen new gTLDs
• Cybersquatting criminalized in the Philippines

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