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ICANN’s Conference in Cartagena

The 39th International ICANN Meeting, attended by representatives of RNIDS, was held on 5‑10 December 2010 in Cartagena (Columbia). The convention was hosted by .CO Internet S.A.S. ‑ the Registry Operator for the Colombian ccTLD. When it comes to technical issues, the greatest attention was given to DNSSEC, whereas the prospects of the Internet Governance Forum and the global issue of Internet management were major topics related to the future of the Internet. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: http://cartagena39.icann.org

15.12.2010.

New co‑financed projects available online

Aimed at fulfilling its set goals and based on the competition for co‑financing projects, the Serbian National Register of Internet Domain Names (RNIDS) participated in co‑financing 28 projects this year. The new projects on the Internet are as follows: Within ‘the development of new Internet services’ project category, NIP BIF Press has established a new service at www.novci.rs. This service, dedicated to SMEs, contains business news, stock‑exchange information, information on loan requirements, legal issues, state competitions and other useful business information. Within ‘the development of new Internet services’ category, Mikro‑PC World magazine has developed the ‘Network Base of IT Knowledge’ project at its existing Website www.mikro.rs. This base is available to all users upon free registration. The aim of the project is to establish a connection with educational institutions in Serbia. Within the co‑financed project, ‘Network Base of IT Knowledge’ has already accomplished cooperation with Singipedia, a scientific and research portal of Singidunum University. A list and Websites of all projects which have been implemented to date is available at www.rnids.rs.

09.12.2010.

Cyrillic domain .срб presented abroad

The 4th CENTR Marketing Workshop took place in Brussels on November 25th. The Serbian National Register of Internet Domain Names (RNIDS) participated in the conference. CENTR is an association which gathers authorised European national top level domain registries. However, Japan, Iran, New Zealand and Canada are also its members. The Marketing Workshop was an opportunity to promote the Cyrillic domain .срб abroad for the first time. The domain was presented to representatives of European national registries who participated in the conference. To make this event memorable, a photo of participants was taken with the symbol of a heart having the Cyrillic domain .срб written on it.

26.11.2010.

Roundtable discussion on .СРБ domain at "Telefor"

RNIDS would like to invite you to join the roundtable discussion ".СРБ ‑ the Cyrillic Internet domain of Serbia", organised within the 18th telecommunications convention TELFOR 2010. The discussion will take place on November 24th, from 11 am to 1:15 pm, at Sava Centre, Room 3/0, 9 Milentija Popovića Street, Belgrade. Mr. Nikola Marković will moderate the discussion. What follows is a list of topics and presenters: ‑ Mr. Milenko Vasić: "The process of choosing the Cyrillic domain of Serbia" ‑ Mr. Vojislav Rodić: "Proposals of RNIDS Working Group regarding rules for registering the Cyrillic domain" ‑ Ms. Julia Ovchinnikova, TLD RU Coordination Centre: ".РФ domain registration in 2010: Results and Experiences" This roundtable discussion will be followed by a panel discussion on rules of registering the Cyrillic domain .СРБ, interest protection of .RS domain registrants and priority rights for registering the Cyrillic domain. RNIDS initiated public discussion on Rule book for registering Cyrillic domain ".срб” The Serbian National Register of Internet Domain Names (RNIDS) has initiated on its forum (www.forum.prod.rnids.beeloc.rs) a public discussion on the Proposal of rules and processes for registering the Cyrillic domain “.срб”. The Proposal of rules and processes for registering the Cyrillic domain “.срб” is available on the forum of RNIDS. It regulates the registration of the sub‑domain “.срб”...

18.11.2010.

Results of projects co‑financed by RNIDS

Results the co‑financed projects achieved to date are available at the Website of RNIDS www.rnids.rs. Based on the Financial Plan for 2010, RNIDS published a Competition for co‑financing projects that fulfilled the basic aims of the Register, determined in the Fund Rules and other legal acts of RNIDS. The Competition for co‑financing projects was carried out in two rounds. RNIDS brought a decision to co‑finance 28 projects with more than 6,100,000 RSD. The total value of all co‑financed projects is over 18,000,000 RSD.

17.11.2010.

Russian domain “.рф” already one of Europe's twenty biggest

Russia is the first country allowed by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to register Cyrillic domain names, with the label .рф, apart from the already existing Latin string .ru. The process of registering the Russian Cyrillic domain .рф commenced on November 11th at noon, according to the Moscow time. The interest of users to register the second Russian domain is unchanged. The commencement of the registration process attracted a large number of Internet users in Russia and over 100,000 domains were registered during the first three hours. A total of 258,000 .рф domain names were registered by the end of the first registration day. By the end of November 14th, 408,959 Cyrillic .рф domain names were registered. During this short period of three and a half days, the new Russian domain entered the list of the twenty largest European domains.

16.11.2010.

More than 100,000 users registered ".рф” during the first 3 hours of registration

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approved the first non‑Latin ccTLDs on April 27th 2010. Egypt, Russia, Saudi Arabia and The United Arab Emirates (UAE) were then approved to use ccTLDs written in their own scripts. Russia became the first country provided with the possibility of registering domain names in Cyrillic, with the label “.рф”, apart from the existing Latin string “.ru”. The process of registering “.рф” domains commenced on November 11th 2010 at noon, according to Moscow time. This attracted a large number of Internet users in Russia. During the first hour of the registration, 36,607 new domains were registered, 43,054 Cyrillic domains were registered during the second hour, and 41,456 during the third hour. Before the process of registering the second national domain commenced, more than 18,000 users got the priority right for registering the Cyrillic domain ".рф” in order to protect their brands. A considerable interest of users for registering the Russian Cyrillic domain justifies the decision of ICANN to carry out IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process and enable domains to be registered in national scripts.

11.11.2010.

WHOIS service for .rs domains

RNIDS has enabled the WHOIS service, which allows you to view the database of registered .rs domains. This service is mostly used to check whether a particular .rs domain is registered or not. If the domain is registered, the WHOIS service allows you to see information on the registrant, either a legal entity or a physical person that has registered the domain. Information RNIDS publishes within its WHOIS service is defined by General Terms and Conditions for Registration of .rs Domain Names. This service can be used by all Internet users without any limitation and the information displayed is stored in the database of RNIDS. The WHOIS service does not show personal details of domain registrants (telephone number, e‑mail address, fax number, and so on) and cannot be used in order to find out certain e‑mail addresses. Detailed information on the service is available here.

08.11.2010.

Proposal “.срб” accepted as Cyrillic domain of Serbia

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) finalized the technical assessment of the proposals submitted by the Serbian National Register of Internet Domain Names (RNIDS) and accepted the label “срб” as the Cyrillic domain of Serbia. The decision of ICANN that the label “срб” fulfills requirements for the Cyrillic domain of Serbia on the Internet represents the first step in the process of approving the new domain. What needs to be done is to finalize the formal procedure and promote the Cyrillic domain “срб” as the second Internet domain of Serbia. The entire process of assigning a new domain to the authorized national register lasts between three and six months and, in accordance with the Fast Track process for approving non‑Latin domains, ICANN publishes a list of new approved domains every month. A public discussion on principles to be included in the Rulebook on registering the Cyrillic domain of Serbia on the Internet will be initiated soon. The process of registering the Cyrillic domain is expected to commence in the second half of 2011. The official announcement of RNIDS is available here.

08.11.2010.

Sombor local communities on the Internet

The project 'RS for LC' was promoted in Sombor. All local communities in the territory of Sombor got .org.rs Internet domains yesterday. This will enable 21 local communities to create their own Websites soon. The project 'RS for LC’ is being conducted by the non‑governmental organization SO open and co‑financed by the Serbian National Register of Internet Domain Names (RNIDS). These local communities will not pay the domain rent, hosting and technical support services during the following year. The major aim of this project is to make official Websites of the local communities ‘notice boards’ of the lowest level of authority. Ms. Mirjana Tasić, the Executive Advisor at RNIDS, addressed representatives of the local communities of Sombor and nearby towns. In her presentation, she stressed that this year RNIDS announced a competition for co‑financing projects with the aim to promote the Internet. She said that a total of 28 proposals were accepted. Six of them are from Vojvodina, including the project ‘RS for LC’ from Sombor. A list of local communities of Sombor and their links is available here.

04.11.2010.

The fifth “biZbuZZ” conference on online business

The fifth “biZbuZZ” conference, dedicated to online business, will take place from 27th to 29th October in Niš. The main topic of this year’s conference is “Online Sales” and its aim is to stress all advantages and possibilities of the Internet compared to traditional sales. The fact that creating presentations on the Internet is becoming a more and more important business segment was pointed out at the conference. It was also stressed that its vast potential and significant competition required engagement of professionals. The major advantages of online sales are cost reduction and expansion of potential buyers. The Internet market in Serbia is still underdeveloped but there are significant investments in various models of online business. To deal with online sales you have to fulfil numerous conditions, such as compliance with regulations, a thorough market analysis and business strategy, which require engagement of professional staff. All available resources need to be used to enable a powerful, simple system of online sales that is useful to the end user. For additional information on the conference, please visit www.bizbuzz.rs.

28.10.2010.

RudTech 2010 conference

The Association for Applying Information Technologies RUDNET held RudTech 2010 conference on October 23rd in Rudnik, under the sponsorship of the Serbian National Register of Internet Domain Names (RNIDS) and the local community of Rudnik. The convention was dedicated to the contribution of IT services development in all economic fields in local areas. Some of the conference topics were enhancing the level of IT education, an active approach in applying information technologies, the affirmation and registration of new .rs domains and providing conditions for the availability of new technologies to the broadest circle of users. Participants of RudTech 2010 pointed out that enhancing the IT consciousness in local areas can connect a large number of personal users and entrepreneurs, non‑governmental organisations and private tourist companies. It was stressed that the introduction of new information technologies was necessary for promoting, applying and mass use of IT contents, with the aim of a direct, faster and more rational IT development of local areas.

25.10.2010.