Identity Digital will run .au for another four years. Identity Digital has won a tender allowing it to continue serving as the registry operating for Australia's .au domain names. Afilias won the previous tender in 2017, stealing the business ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
auDA: 740,000 .au “direct” registrations after one year
· UncategorizedSecond level registrations now make up about 17% of .au domains. auDA, the organization that manages Australia's .au country code domain name, reported today that there were 740,000 .au "direct" registrations by the end of Q1 this year. That marks ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
.Au contract goes out to bid
· ServicesauDA is requesting proposals to manage the .au registry backend. The contract to run registry services for Australia's 4.2 million .au domain names is up for grabs. auDA, the organization that manages the .au namespace, issued a request for ... Continue Reading1 Comment
auDA reports over 700,000 second level domains registered
· ServicesAnother 150,000+ second level domains registered in Q4 as priority period ends. auDA, the organization that manages Australia's country code top level domain .au, reports there were more than 716,000 second level domain registrations last ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Australia’s .au reports strong growth
· UncategorizedOrganization releases annual report for 2021-22 fiscal year. auDA, the organization that manages Australia's .au country code domain name, issues its annual report today. It covers the period from July 2020 to June 2021. During the year, the ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Second level .au domains are coming in March
· UncategorizedExisting registrants will have only 6 months to claim matching domains. Australia will release second level .au domain names starting March 24, 2022. That means that companies and individuals will soon be able to use domains like example.au rather ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Scammers target Australian domain owners
· Policy & LawPerpetrators posing as Australia's domain name registry are requesting identification documents. auDA, the organization that oversees Australia's .au domain names, has issued a second warning this year about scammers targeting .au domain name ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Australia’s .Au namespace flat over past year, but gets a Covid bump
· UncategorizedRegistrations picked up in Q2 but namespace remains flat for the financial year ending in June. .Au Domain Administration Limited (auDA) published its annual report today for the 2019-2020 financial year that ended in June. The report shows that ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Australia domain administrator denies domain investing ban
· Policy & LawDomainers get a victory in Australia. Australian domain name registry manager auDA will continue to permit domain investing in the .AU namespace. The decision comes after its Policy Review Panel suggested a change that would effectively halt ... Continue Reading9 Comments
auDA drops Neustar, to transition 3 million .au domain names to Afilias
· ServicesAfilias gets big contract win in Australia. Domain name registry company Afilias has won a competitive tender and been selected by the Australian country code manager auDA to manage the .au domain name starting in July of 2018. This is a big win for ... Continue Reading1 Comment
