One more step along the road to IPv4 depletion happened today when the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) reached the last block of Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) addresses in its available pool, activating a major change in regional delegation policy. This event is a key turning point in IPv4 exhaustion for the Asia Pacific, as the remaining IPv4 space will be ‘rationed’ to network operators to be used as essential connectivity with next-generation IPv6 addresses. All new and existing APNIC Members who meet the current allocation criteria will be entitled to a maximum delegation of a /22 (1,024 addresses) of IPv4 space

04|07|2011 10:47 am EDT National Arbitration Forum Reports a 24 Percent Increase in Domain Name Dispute Filings in 2010 by Frank Michlick in Categories: Up to the Minute – 0 Comments While WIPO recently reported somewhat misleading that “ Cybersquatting hit(s) record level “, the National Arbitration Forum reported their numbers today.

[news release] Hong Kong Internet Registration Corporation Limited (HKIRC) today announced the official launch of the full Chinese .香港 Internationalised Country Code Top Level Domain (.香港 domain name). HKIRC has received positive response during the half-month soft launch period, with about 20,000 .香港 domain names activated

[news release] The Internet is one-step closer to being more accessible to speakers of Arabic in Qatar and around the world with the official launch of the Qatar Domains Registry (QDR), which was officially unveiled to the public on March 2, 2011 by the Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology (ictQATAR). QDR, which will be managed by ictQATAR will begin making Qatar-specific Internet domain names in Arabic and Latin-scripts available to select organizations in Qatar immediately, with general domains available to the public by August of 2011. “The launch of the Qatar Domains Registry is a major milestone as we work to build a more digitally inclusive society

(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Domain registry and DNS service provider Afilias ( www.afilias.info ) announced on Thursday that domain registry PunktBayern ( www.punktbayern.de ), the company behind the upcoming top level geographic domain .bayern, has chosen Afilias as a partner for registry and DNS services. Afilias says it will work closely with PunktBayern on its upcoming top level domain application to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ( www.icann.org ).

Website Hosting News – Fremont, CA – Hurricane Electric, the world’s largest IPv6-native Internet backbone and colocation provider, today announced that its IPv6 Evangelist, Owen DeLong, will lead a new professional services division dedicated to assisting enterprises with their transition to IPv6.  The new division will consult with organizations of all sizes, ensuring that their networking infrastructure is ready for the transition. On February 3rd, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) distributed the last 5 blocks of IPv4 addresses to the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs).  It is likely that the RIRs will distribute these addresses to ISPs and other organizations by around September of 2011.  After this happens, there will be no IPv4 addresses left – the supply will be exhausted.

New Generic Top-Level Domains Likely to Dominate ICANN’s 40th Public Meeting [news release] Rod Beckstrom, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), said the organization’s multi-stakeholder model has been validated over many years by the smooth and reliable functioning of the Internet. “We believe in a simple principle: everyone with an interest in the Internet has an equal right to be heard in its governance,” said Rod Beckstrom. “When all voices are heard, no single voice can dominate an organization – not even governments.

When Alexa Raad resigned as the CEO of Public Interest Registry, the .ORG registry, a few months ago there were many who wondered where she was going next. Now we have the answer.

When Alexa Raad resigned as the CEO of Public Interest Registry, the .ORG registry, a few months ago there were many who wondered where she was going next. Now we have the answer. Raad has announced the formation of a consultancy called Architelos to take advantage of the new domain name landscape, offering her services to advise on new gTLD applications and in particular “vertical niches,” for example banking, where there are specific service, technology and security requirements.

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