Jothan Frakes’ weblog (my personal opinions and not necessarily those of my employer)
A few colleagues and I were musing about who the best European Registrars are for Europeans, and it was suggested to me that a poll might be in order to the 5 or 6 readers of my blog.
Looking for feedback from the readers here, please pick the one that is most near and dear to you, and write one in if I missed it.
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.
