IP Mirror Newsletter - January 2010

.org IDN now also includes the Chinese Language!

Trusted across all backgrounds, ages and nationalities, .ORG is where people turn to find credible information, get involved, fund causes and support advocacy.  As a premier domain, .ORG provides an unrivaled channel to share ideas, to enhance lives, to advance your mission.

Starting on 23 January 2010 from 19:00 hrs UTC, companies and individuals will be able to register Chinese IDNs in the ORG domain extension on a first-com, first-served basis.

ORG Chinese IDNs have the potential to reach billions of Chinese-speaking readers and customers, since it’s one of the world’s most popularly-spoken languages.

IP Mirror is now accepting pre-registration for these domains and will attempt to register them on your behalf when the registry starts allowing registrations.

For more information, visit the .org Chinese IDN Launch webpage

IP Mirror Unveils New Logo and Website in Conjunction with 10th Anniversary Celebrations

A fresh new look for IP Mirror is revealed for the new year 2010.

This new logo is part of a larger re-branding exercise, and its design reflects IP Mirror’s youth, vigour and growth as well as connection with its stakeholders, partnerships and alliances worldwide.  The new tagline reinforces IP Mirror’s stature as a leading player in the Online Brand Protection arena.

Explaining the rationale behind the logo change, Ms Janna Lam, CEO of IP Mirror said: Domain name registration services remains at the core of what we do. However, IP Mirror has moved beyond this core scope to become a key proponent and champion of Online Brand Protection, with special expertise in Asia. It is thus time to rebrand ourselves to better reflect our updated portfolio and future direction.

Commenting on the company’s 10th Anniversary, Ms Lam said: “We have come a long way in the past 10 years, and our logo change has been planned to coincide with the launch of our new website at www.ipmirror.com as well as 10th anniversary celebrations.”

IP Mirror will be celebrating its 10th anniversary with a line up of events, promotions and activities for all stakeholders throughout 2010.

CNNIC Honours IP Mirror as a Valuable Partner with Special Award

During China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC)’s Annual Meeting held on 20th  January 2010, IP Mirror was awarded the “CNNIC Best Overseas Business Development Award 2009 (sole recipient) ” in recognition of its active worldwide promotion of CNNIC domain names during the past year.

In a speech given during CNNIC’s Annual Meeting, Janna Lam, CEO of IP Mirror thanked CNNIC for their hospitality and support, and elaborated on IP Mirror’s increasing capability to contribute to CNNIC’s geographical spread:  “With our expansion over the last few years, we have opened additional offices in Japan, Korea, Canada and Australia with country managers assigned in each country, and Regional Manager has also been assigned for Asia focusing mainly on the Greater China region. “

According to CNNIC’s 25th Statistical Report on the Internet Development in China*, the number of Chinese connected to the Internet stands at a staggering 384 million as of December 2009.  China’s status as “most wired country in the world” * remains unchallenged to date.   Despite this very high absolute figure, the penetration rate is only 28.9%, showing ample room for growth in the coming years.

IP Mirror looks forward to an ongoing relationship with CNNIC and an even better year in 2010.

* (sources:  CNNIC and internetworldstats)

CNNIC Notification on Temporary Suspension on New Domain Name Registrations

In the endeavor of building a better and healthier online environment, CNNIC is contributing its effort by reinforcing its policy on the completeness, truthfulness, and accuracy of its domain names’ registration information.   Due to difficulties encountered in verifying registration information from overseas, CNNIC has made an equally hard decision on temporarily suspending the new registration from oversea registrars, which came into effect on 18:00 pm Beijing Time, January 6th. 2010.

As soon as a satisfactory mechanism for verification of registration information has been established by CNNIC, registration will be reopened.  

.DE Transfers Require AuthInfo

Starting on February 1, 2010, the AuthInfo procedure must be used by domain name owners to change their registrar.  The workflow is as follows:

1.    To transfer a domain name, the owner first requests the current registrar to initiate creation of an AuthInfo for the domain concerned.   AuthInfo validity expires 30 days after creation.

2.    The domain name owner then communicates the AuthInfo to his new registrar. who will send a provider change request with the AuthInfo to DENIC´s registration system.

3.    The transfer transaction will be effected when the recorded and transmitted AuthInfos are identical.

For more details, please refer to the country rules for .DE domain names.

IMPORTANT: This AuthInfo procedure is now also available for .DE TRANSIT domains.   As passwords will be issued by DENIC to the owner/admin data submitted, domain name owners must ensure that the data submitted is correct.

Local Presence for .LU No Longer Required

The .LU registry will remove the local presence requirement as of 1 Feb, 2010.  From this date, domain name holders residing outside Luxembourg will no longer be obliged to give valid power of attorney to an agency established in Luxembourg for the registration and management of .LU domain names, and will no longer need to agree to terms in a trustee agreement.

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