Registration of 2nd level domains for .DO is approved.

NIC DO will allow the registration of 2nd level domains from December 10th 2009.

General Requirements:

·To protect the current registrations it will start with a pre-registration period.

·NIC DO will register directly under .DO all the domains registered before October 30th 2009 under 3rd level that until November 30th 2009 do not present any pending payment.

·NIC DO has a list of domains which could not be registered, for example: terms related to IANA, ICANN, Internet, New gTLDs, etc.

·Domains with less than 2 characters, domains with cities of Dominican Republic, if domains are in process of a Lawsuit, etc. can not be registered.

·In cases where a domain of 3rd level is registered to 2 different owners the one with the oldest registration will keep the 2nd level.

·The information of the pre-registered 2nd level domain will be the same as the domain of origin (3rd level).

·Domain names requested under pre-registration will have to be completed before March 10th 2010, at that time if the registration is not complete it will become available for any interested person.

·The domain name will not resolve by the DNS until the payment for registration has been done.

·Domains can only be registered for 2 years minimum.


New Policies for Controversies for domain Resolution

New mechanisms are created to solve 2 types of controversies:

1.- Controversies between the owner of the domain and NIC.DO

Every lawsuit, controversy or complain between the owner of a domain name and NIC DO, resulting from the application of these policies or related to the same, its failure, its interpretation, etc. must be solved directly by them, and by default, will be subject to arbitration by the Counsel of Conciliation and Arbitration of the Chamber of commerce and Production of Santo Domingo, Inc.

2.- Controversies between the owner of a domain name and a 3rd party.

In case of a dispute or controversy between an owner of a domain name and a 3rd party regarding a registration or use of the domain name, this dispute or controversy will be subject to the disposition established in the Politics of Controversy resolution in matters of domain names for .DO and the Requirement of the Policy of resolution of controversies in matters of domain names (The Regulations) for .DO and the Additional Regulations of the provider of the controversy resolution regarding domain names.

NIC DO has selected the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the WIPO to manage the controversies.

Source:

Juan Enrique Sánchez S.
President
www.nameaction.com
Domains Latin America

Published Regulations for Domains .AR

In the Official Bulletin of November 11th 2009, the Resolution 654/2009 of the Ministry of Foreign Relations, International Commerce and Cult, has been published with the new regime for domain name for Argentina (Nic-Ar ).

Norms regarding the 200 domains per entity under extension .COM.AR and .ORG.AR, requirements applying to the Registrant entity, for domain transfers and proceedings regarding revocation of domains, are confirmed.

Source:

Juan Enrique Sánchez S.
President
www.nameaction.com
Domains Latin America

Which ccTLD will have the biggest growth?

In the web site http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/2274716/ a Survey
is trying to answer the following question:
Which ccTLD will have the biggest growth in the next years?
Right now, India .IN is winning with a 20% followed by .US of United States
with a 11% and then Canada .CA, Colombia .CO and Germany .DE are tied
with a 6% each.

Juan Enrique Sánchez S.
President
www.nameaction.com
Domains Latin America

Latin American Domains Statistics - September 2009

The statistists of Latin American domain name until September 2009 can be checked in:

http://latinoamericann.org/?q=node/2006

Relevant information:

Today there are more than 4.86 million domain names delegated in the region an approximate increase of a 1.86% since last month. This at the same time represents 17.40% of growth in this year.

The yearly growth is leaded by the ccTLDs .BR, .AR, .MX and .VE.

During September the ccTLD that showed the most percentage increase were:

- .AI (1348.15%)
- .GD (4.53%)
- .MX (2.79%).

The ccTLDs with the most absolute value growth were:

- .BR (39496),
- .AR (31872) and
- .MX (9806)
- .CL (3923).

The growth in the .AI is shown since they opened the registration for foreign requesters since the registration was allowed only for nationals.

The first 5 registrations of the region, regarding the total registrations done to this date:

- .AR (2001844)
- .BR (1848161)
- .MX (361597)
- .CL(259914)
- .VE (152799).


Juan Enrique Sánchez S.
President
www.nameaction.com
Domains Latin America

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT MERITS AND SECURITY OF .HN DOMAINS

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
ON THE MERITS AND SECURITY OF .HN DOMAINS

To all our .HN domain users, registrants, Registry, Agents, Registrars and General Public, it lets them know the Domain Registries Center in Honduras .hn is a legally constituted entity according to the Laws of the State of Honduras, that the administration of ccTLDs .HN delegated by ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers-Corporation) to the Network Sustainable Development-Honduras (RDS-HN) since 1993, is a legal relationship of a private nature, with obligations and responsibilities to its third party users of our services: .hn domains, Web Design and Hosting, therefore the legitimacy, security, quality service and Domain Registration is guaranteed, so that should avert any kind of concern related to the recent events related to the visit made us CONATEL to the RDS-HN.

07 of October 2009, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.



CcTLD.HN/RDS-HN

More than 126.000 domains will be liberated in Brazil.

This Saturday (October 10) Nic Brazil will free more than 126.000 domains being available for registration by anyone.

If you want to review the complete list of domains to be freed and register some of them please check: http://www.nameaction.com/brasil.htm


According to the rules of NIC Brazil if the same domain is requested by two companies it will be given to the company that has ID and a trademark registered in Brazil. If there is no company fulfilling this requirement the domain will be blocked waiting for the next liberation process.

If you want to register a domain name and do not have local presence or need help, please request the domain names you are interested in through our website.

Juan Enrique Sánchez S.
President
www.NameAction.com
Domains Latinamerica.

Serious Domain situation in Honduras.

Last Friday (September 25th) Government employees of Honduras went to the offices of the ccTLD .HN stating: “ Until this date CONATEL has not subscribe an agreement with any public or private institution, therefore it is necessary to order the institution that has been managing and delegating domains .HN the immediate suspension of this service, because it has been taken place aside from what it is stated in article 79B from the General Regulations of the Framework Law of the Telecommunications Sector”

They also order that:

1.- the immediate suspension of all the activity related to registration and delegation of new domains under .HN.

2.- orders that RDS to give CONATEL a list of domains .HN and registrations that have been given.

Article 79B from the General Regulations of the Framework Law of the Telecommunications Sector states:

“It is CONATEL`s faculty the regulation and administration of domains and IP addresses within the national territory. CONATEL can take the necessary measures so that the management of domains and IP addresses can be done through public or private institutions, therefore will subscribe agreements and emit corresponding regulations”.

Source: http://www.lactld.org/News_Item.2009-09-27.9610720521

Juan Enrique Sanchez
President
www.nameaction.com
Domains Latin America