News

04/16/15

New gTLDs accounted for 21% of the net growth of the domain name market in 2014

The April 2015 edition of the Afnic Industry Report on Domain Names provides an overview of the doma...

04/07/15

April 7, 2015: Opening of the .alsace geoTLD: the point is you!

As of April 7, 2015, the ".alsace" geoTLD will be accessible to all on the Internet....

04/02/15

The .fr TLD: a love story that now lasts several years

Since March 30, 2015, Afnic has offered the registration of domain names with the .fr TLD for period...

03/10/15

Opening of 1 & 2 character(s) in .fr: 311 domains made available on 03/11

During the landrush phase of the opening of registrations for domain names under .fr with 1 & 2 char...

03/09/15

Opening of 1 & 2 character(s) under .fr : Last week of Landrush

03/06/15

ADR trends, the results of Afnic resolution procedures - Q1 2015

Afnic now publishes a quarterly review of its alternative dispute resolution procedures. Here is an...

02/24/15

.fr Lock by Afnic : the solution to protect strategic domain names

As of February 24, 2015, Afnic is upgrading its offer with a new service for locking .fr domain name...

02/19/15

2014, "Year Zero" for nTLDs

The February 2015 edition of the Afnic Industry Report on Domain Names reviews the launch of the new...

02/12/15

Registry Analytics by Afnic: the solution for managing your registry business

Afnic has further expanded its service offering for domain name operators and registries with a tool...

02/10/15

Short .fr domain names : Phase 2, opening to the general public on 02/16/2015

On February 16, 2015, Afnic is extending the registration of domain names under the .fr TLD consisti...

02/05/15

Abuse Report by Afnic: The solution supervising for abusive registrations

As of February 5, 2015, Afnic is upgrading its services for operators and domain name registries by...

02/03/15

Afnic and .SE release Zonemaster – new key tool improving Internet resilience

01/26/15

The .fr TLD to attend the Paris Trade Fair for Entrepreneurs 2015

At the ParisTrade Fair for Entrepreneurs 2015, the registry for the .fr TLD and two of its registrar...

01/22/15

.fr in 2014: relative performance always above the market

The January 2015 edition of the Afnic Industry Report on Domain Names reviews the developments in th...

12/23/14

.paris, mainly French

The December 2014 edition of the Afnic Industry Report on Domain Names focuses on the launch of .par...

12/22/14

Multiple vulnerabilities in several DNS products

12/11/14

The opening of the .paris and .bzh TLDs is also a success for Afnic

12/04/14

.bzh: general opening on December 4th 2014

Websites, blogs, e-mail addresses: let’s communicate using .bzh!

12/01/14

Afnic consolidates its consultancy and expertise offering

On December 1, 2014, Afnic expands its Internet & domain name consultancy and expertise activities....

11/25/14

New registration rules as of December 8, 2014

Afnic has published the new naming policy for domain names under the .fr, .pm, .re, .tf, .wf and .yt...

11/20/14

2014: deployment of IPv6 in France still progressing slowly

The November 2014 edition of the Afnic Industry Report on Domain Names focuses on the deployment of...

11/13/14

Afnic at the 4th International Domain Name Conference on Nov. 19th and 20th

11/12/14

Welcome to Afnic, Secretary of State Lemaire!

On 6 November 2014, French Secretary of State Axelle Lemaire reasserted her commitment to the .fr TL...

10/24/14

New Top Level Domains: generic TLDs impacted

The October 2014 edition of the Afnic Industry Report on Domain Names focuses on the impact of the...