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From May 1 second level domains in Costa Rica will have a discount of 20%.
This reduction comes from the permanent effort of the Latin American NICs to make the registration in the region more attractive. To enjoy this discount, visit nameaction and register your domain names.

There will be 3 stages for the Registration of .MX
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· Pre-Registration
· Waiting Period
· Initial Period of Registration
Pre-Registration:
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Duration: May 1st 2009 to July 31st 2009.
The domain names already registered before May 1st 2009 will be blocked so that they are not able to be transferred or deleted during this

On March 31st the Ministry of Communications of Colombia has opened the tender for domains .CO.
The new administrator will be in charge of promotions, management and technical operations for the domains .CO although the Ministry will have under its responsibility the definition of politics, control of the activities and the surveillance of domains .CO.

Just a couple of hours left – 15:00 GMT, today February 3, 2009 the Landrush period for TEL domain name starts. It will be carried out on first-come-first-served basis. Up until March 23 – the domain names will be available at premium prices. After that the

With the purpose of facilitating the management of a portfolio of domains of a Registrant, NIC Chile have implemented a new service which allows to block the transfer of a domain name.

Some time ago we had a post about the possibility countries of Great Britain could have their own top level domain. For Scotland this option looks like a certainty now after the First Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond MSP expressed his support to the campaign.
He mentioned that

We have covered .TEL domain name news since the concept was made known to the public. Today is the first historic date, which will make all the skeptics cut their speculations about whether .TEL will launch or not. Here it is, it has launched, the Sunrise period starts now and ends on February 2, 2009.
The [...]

Tomorrow, November 21 2008, is the day when Pool.com, the famous drop-catcher, officially opens a service that allows users to backorder .MOBI domain name drops.
It will be one of the few

Just a short time ago we congratulated Netherlands on achieving the 3 million mark in national domain registration. Following a success of the .NL top level domain, a new second level domain has been introduced. It is .CO.NL and today, November 18, 2008 starts the first phase of Sunrise period dubbed the Grandfather period. Up [...]

Never forget a domain renewal again. Should it be your own domain name or one you are looking to grab or purchase, it is always annoying to miss the date and see the domain going to someone else. We are usually holding our domain names with different registrars and it would be good to have [...]