Pingdom recently came up with a statistic of the domain name industry for 2008 and Internet numbers for 2008. Fantastic analysis on the subject which triggered me to ponder what will happen in the next 5 years generally for ccTLD and gTLD. Moreover, the first round gTLD submission is expected to be open Q1 09.
Let [...]

In short, Yes.
(Not because it means more greens for us registry service providers).
Hear me out as a regular Joe on the Internet.
Currently there are 20 TLDs as mention here on ICANN’s website. Now that’s a more than a handful of TLDs for global consumers to pick and choose from. Obviously, the more popular ones such [...]

6) Stable and Powerful Backing

RegistryASP has been in operation since 2000 and is an established player with strong financial track records. RegistryASP’s parent company, Berjaya Berhad is a Malaysian conglomerate that has several listed entities in Malaysia Stock Exchange with combined annual revenue of more than USD 1 billion.

Chi.mp the new kid on the block, similar to Telnic concept but varies from implementation and also similar to .name but in my opinion it’s targeting different target group all together. By the way if you’re wondering, where does .MP hails from, check here on IANA DB or on Google map.
And oh yeah, Chi.mp is [...]

In the recent ICANN meeting in Paris, Jothan Frakes and Antony Van Couvering organized a “Birds Of a Feather” session for new TLD applicants to sit in and get to know who are the registry providers in the industry and who can offer niche services.
Everyone was asked to give a short introduction about themselves/organization followed [...]