Archive for December, 2009

HKIRC to launch ‘.香港’ full Chinese domain name in 2010

Hong Kong Internet Registration Corporation Ltd (HKIRC) announced today that ‘.香港’ registrations will be offered free to all ‘.hk’ customers in the second half of 2010 with the aim of helping them develop their sites with full Chinese domain names. This is to increase the popularity of Chinese domain names and to maximize benefits to [...]

DotAsia Publishes Draft IDN Launch Policies

Pinyin, Romaji and Romanized Domains could get Priority to Register in IDN
December 15, 2009 — Hong Kong  — Following the announcement on November 18, 2009 (http://www.idn.asia/main/2009/11/dotasia-to-launch-internationalized-domain-names-idn-in-2010.html), DotAsia today published a draft of the IDN launch policies for discussion.  The policies will be finalized after the Kuala Lumpur APRICOT meetings in February 2010, where [...]