IP Mirror Newsletter - November 2009

Want to communicate your commercial or business ties in Mexico to the online universe? The month of November 2009 offers you a great opportunity to do so at a discount! Hurry, till end of Nov 2009 only! Login to your account for your discounted rates!

For all IN and CO.IN new registrations made from now till 31 Jan 2010, first-year registration fee will be offered at the special rate! Login to your account to check it out!

.ws, the ccTLD for Samoa, can now be registered in any language! Besides Samoa,.ws also represents the word “website” and can be used an alternative to “.com”. Any individual or organisation is welcome register.

We are pleased to announce that .eu will support IDNs (internationalized domain names) from 10th Dec 2009 at 5pm (GMT +8) onwards and applications will be processed on a first-come-first-served basis. You can now pre-order your IDN.eu domain names. To find out more please visit www.ipmirror.com > Promos and New Launches

Chinese domain names for .sg, .com.sg, .edu.sg, .org.sg, .net.sg, .and .per.sg will become available for application in four Phases, and order collection will start on 14th Dec 2009. More details will be announced closer to launch date.

The ICT Expo 2009 Indonesia will be held from 14th to 16th Dec 2009 at the Jakarta Convention Centre.

With the dual aims of opening up business facilities in Indonesia as well as of transferring advanced technology to the common people, the 3-day long expo will be a convergence of stakeholders in ICT under one roof, comprising exhibitions, conferences and presentations by experts on the latest developments in information science.

We welcome you to meet with us. Please drop by our booth (C7-9) at the Jakarta Convention Centre. We’ll also be conducting a presentation on 14th Dec 2009 at 11.30am in the Kenari Room at the Jakarta Convention Centre. We look forward to meeting you there!

If you’d like a personal meeting, please feel free to arrange one with us!

Currently, ownership transfer requests will trigger an email notification to the losing Registrant, who is given the choice to Approve/Reject the transfer request within 5 days. If no action is taken, the transfer is automatically cancelled.

From 14 Dec 2009 17:00 hrs (GMT +8) onwards, our systems will treat ownership transfer requests differently. Ownership transfer requests will trigger an email to the Losing Registrant, who will be given the choice to Approve/Reject within 7 days. Reminder emails will be sent to the losing Registrant on the 4th, 5th and 6th days of the process. If no action is taken by the end of the 7th day, the ownership transfer will be automatically approved.

.PL registry has confirmed that with effect from 1 Jan 2010, Registrants executing “Renewals” on domain names in BLOCKED status within 15 days from domain expiration date will incur an additional “reinstatement fee” on top of the domain name “renewal” fee.

As part of its strategy to support and enhance Arabic content on the Internet, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has announced its plan to launch .emarat . امارات . This step has been made under the new directions of ICANN - the international corporation responsible for managing the assignment of domain names and IP addresses, which allows the use of languages other than English as an equivalent to the domain names for countries.

“.emarat” is the Arabic equivalent for the currently used domain name “.ae”. The Ministerial Council for Services has previously approved the usage of “.emarat” as a domain name for UAE in Arabic.

In his comments, H.E. Mohamed Naser Al Ghanim, TRA Director General, said: “Our objective is to support Arabic content over the internet and build a strong identity for UAE and Arab countries across the World Wide Web. We encourage all companies and entities in the UAE to register for ‘.ae’ and Name . امارات) ‘.emarat’ as it represents their local business identity and brings their country pride.”

Using an Arabic domain name would expand the number of Internet users and enhance the Arabic identity of UAE and increase the contribution to the Arabic content available on the Internet. The .ae Domain Administration of TRA has updated its systems to support domain name registration in Arabic.

Mohammed Gheyath, Executive Director, Technology Development Affairs, said: “Our Systems have been upgraded to handle the registration of .emarat, the Arabic domain name of UAE Our goal is to become the first Arab country to introduce an Arabic domain name.”

Gheyath added, “Introducing a new TLD will lead to acquiring several unique web addresses that attracts website owners and Internet users. Moreover, using the Arabic language in internet addresses is a new and unique experience. The launch of registration for the Arabic domain .emarat is expected in the Q2 2010.”