Germany's ccTLD hits 17 million domains under management and Canada's ccTLD reports strong growth. Both DENIC (the organization that operates Germany's .de domain) and CIRA (the organization that operates Canada's .ca domain) issued releases this ... Continue Reading1 Comment
.IE transitions to CIRA Registry Platform
· Uncategorized.IE says the new system is better but registrars report frustration. Ireland's country code domain name is a bit Canadian now: It has transitioned to the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA)'s registry platform. .IE transitioned its over ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Those wacky Canadians are back with more .ca commercials
· UncategorizedCIRA features Mounties, hockey, bears, and maple syrup in new commercials. Last year, .Ca country code manager CIRA aired a series of commercials in an advertising campaign called Don't Be a Traitor. Featuring Canadian staples such as Mounties and ... Continue Reading17 Comments
Canada’s .ca domains have record month
· UncategorizedPandemic pushes Canadians to register domain names in record numbers. More people registered .ca domain names last month than any month since Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) was founded in 1998. According to CIRA, 54,129 .ca ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Oops: New .Ca commercial has a trademark problem
· Policy & LawJohn Berryhill noticed a problem with this TV commercial. Yesterday I wrote about CIRA's new TV commercial suggesting that Canadians register .Ca domain names instead of .com. I got caught up in the humor of the commercial and overlooked ... Continue Reading8 Comments
New TV commercial promotes .Ca domains to Canadians
· ServicesThese cops will pour syrup on your laptop if you choose .Com over .Ca. CIRA, the registry that manages Canada's .Ca top level domain name, is running a new TV and streaming ad campaign to urge Canadians to choose .Ca over .Com. The campaign is ... Continue Reading30 Comments
Canada’s .CA domain registry now operating on Fury Platform
· Services.CA country code domain name transitioned to Fury platform. Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is now eating its own dog food: The registry for .CA domain names has transitioned backend services to its in-house Fury Registry ... Continue Reading5 Comments
CIRA wants patent for registry “tag” system
· ServicesCanada's ccTLD administrator files patent application related to aspects of its Fury registry platform. Canadian Internet Registration Authority, the group that manages Canada's .CA domain name and has started offering registry services to other ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
CIRA board elections end tomorrow
· UncategorizedDomain investor Frank Michlick is on the ballot. Board elections for CIRA (.ca) end tomorrow, and there's a fellow domain name investor on the ballot. Frank Michlick is running for the member candidate slate. He's competing against five other ... Continue Reading4 Comments
.Kiwi turns to new CIRA platform for registry services
· Uncategorized.Kiwi will be run on .CA manager's platform. Competition in the backend registry services business is heating up, and .CA manager CIRA has entered the game with .Kiwi as a client. .Kiwi will switch its backend to CIRA's Fury Registry Platform, the ... Continue Reading3 Comments