Through its members, team and partners, Afnic brings together personalities with a perceptive and sometimes offbeat view of current events on the internet, domain names and, of course, Afnic itself. With this blog, we aim to share with you a freer and more personal, but still expert and professional expression of views on topical matters.

French Regional Reform Does Not Mean the End of GeoTLDs
GeoTLDs are the digital facet of initiatives to promote a region Against a background of heightened...

Suggestions for a successful IANA transition
This article is actually a letter sent to Fadi Chehadé, ICANN President and CEO, advising about the...

The US Backs ICANN for Internet Governance
With its planned withdrawal from the supervision of the root of the Internet, the U.S. government is...

Back to the future of the Afnic Legal Service
No, I'm not Professor Emmet Brown – or Doc to his friends – and I do not have a beautiful DeLore...

Why do regions want a place online?
Since the emergence of the competitive environment that began in France with the decentralization po...

Should the registrars streamline their gTLD strategy?
The arrival of the new TLDs is probably impacting registrars the most.

The IANA elephant in the room
A perspective on recent Internet governance events.

Internet governance: let’s get to work!
Sébastien Bachollet, Member of the ICANN Excutive Board, goes over the 8th meeting of the Internet G...

2014 : change of course for the naming system
Reflections on global developments in the domain name market on the eve of opening the new TLDs....

Corporate Social Responsibility and the DNA of ccTLDs
The last CENTR meeting included a debate on the topic of CSR. Here are some upshots from the discuss...