Just between .yu and .me…
The former Yugoslovia ccTLD has been designated for a 3 year sunset process, transitioning to .RS (Serbia) and .ME (Montenegro). Following in the footsteps of the ccTLDs that have some generic appeal beyond simply that of the country (.TV, .MD, .FM/.AM, .CD, etc), there was some competition for the registry services with this recently introduced ccTLD.
According to the NIC, A bid was tendered, with three primary parties vying for this opportunity.
According to a Dutch Telecom Paper (googled - non/pw version), Afilias and GoDaddy have partnered with Montenegro’s MeNet and are the top candidate for managing the registry of .me (Montenegro’s ccTLD). They had been competing with Neustar and a consortium of companiesand VeriSign’s Registry Services. The government will now negotiate the final terms of the contract with the lead candidate.
All strong candidates with very capable registry services. It must have been a true challenge for the parties having to determine the most favorable bidder.
Afilias/Godaddy si prendono .ME? Ancora non proprio | De Dominibus wrote:
Francesco Cetraro blogged that there were folks claiming I missed the call on this post, but later confirmed it was a correct call. Graci Mi Amigo!
Posted on 15-Jan-08 at 4:14 am | Permalink
Domain Blog - блог о доменах - » Домен ME будет поддерживаться Affilias и GoDaddy wrote:
[...] сообщает Jothan Frake, Affilias (администратор доменной зоны .info) и GoDaddy вместе с [...]
Posted on 16-Jan-08 at 2:39 am | Permalink
francescoc wrote:
Just to clarify, I was not questioning your post… Only the interpretation some other people made of your post
Posted on 13-Feb-08 at 5:20 am | Permalink