Why IDNs are important for developing economies
IDNs are important in developing countries for several reasons: Language Accessibility: In many developing countries, a large portion of...
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News and Blogs
Latest news, articles, developments and analysis on IDNs
Abid Adonis
- Sep 26, 2022
- 4 min
2021 IDN Overview: Little Growth Big Impact?
The Covid-19 Pandemic has significantly affected the internet world, including the discussion on Internationalised Domain Names (IDN)....
Abid Adonis
- Aug 31, 2022
- 3 min
ICANN’s stronger commitment to Africa’s ccTLD and Internationalised Domain Names
ICANN’s Expanding Engagement The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) continues its commitment to regional efforts...
Abid Adonis
- Jul 21, 2022
- 3 min
The EURid and ICANN MoU: What does it mean for IDNs?
New EURid and ICANN collaboration on universal acceptance On 20th June 2022, EURid, the European registry of the .eu top-level domain...
Abid Adonis
- Jun 30, 2022
- 4 min
IDNs and UA: Moving Forward in the Global South
IDN and UA: Moving Forward in the Global South The Domain Name System (DNS) discussion has expanded widely in the Global South countries...
Abid Adonis
- May 12, 2022
- 3 min
Challenges for Japanese Domain Names: an interview with Hiro Hotta
An interview with Hiro Hotta Senior Executive Vice President of JPRS (31st March 2022) As one of the most developed countries in the...
Abid Adonis
- Mar 31, 2022
- 5 min
The IDN Jargon Buster #3: History of Global Internet Governance
In the past few years, the phrase “internet governance” has become a buzzword to refer to any politics related to the internet...
Research Team
- Feb 4, 2022
- 3 min
IDN Jargon Buster #2
In our previous article, we explained the essential concepts and terms related to Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs). As part of our...
Research Team
- Jan 20, 2022
- 3 min
IDN Jargon Buster #1
Understanding the topics related to Internationalised Domain Names (IDN) can be challenging for new readers, especially ones without a...
Research Team
- Nov 29, 2021
- 2 min
Universal Acceptance studies: good progress in browsers, major challenges in social media
Universal Acceptance is a cornerstone of a digitally inclusive Internet by ensuring all domain names and email addresses (IDNs) - in any...
Research Team
- Oct 1, 2021
- 2 min
.eu IDNs increase during 2020
Since the launch of .ευ in Greek script in 2019 which created a full complement of IDNs supporting all 24 languages of the European Union...
Research Team
- Aug 6, 2021
- 3 min
IDN Trends to 2021
Looking at the data over the last three years gives an interesting insight into the world of Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) and...
Research Team
- Aug 5, 2021
- 3 min
Industry Opinions to 2021
Recent industry opinion data from the International Domain Name Report offers an interesting insight into the progress of IDNs through...
Research Team
- Jun 4, 2021
- 3 min
IDN Survey 2020 by CENTR for Coordination Center for TLD .RU/.РФ
The aim of our recent IDN Survey of 2020 was to assess the support for internationalized domain names and mailbox names by ccTLD...
Research Team
- May 16, 2021
- 3 min
Universal Acceptance at the WSIS Forum 2021
The World Summit on the Information Society’s 2021 forum discussion was titled, ‘Promoting Universal Acceptance as a Prerequisite for...
Research Team
- Apr 10, 2021
- 4 min
IDN World Report Presented at 7th ICANN Middle East DNS Forum
With the Internet growing to accommodate a higher population around the world every year, the need for fully functional Internationalised...
Research Team
- Jan 31, 2021
- 3 min
Email Address Internationalisation and Greek script
Oxford Information Labs study for EURid highlights failure to support Greek script. The research team behind the World Report on...
Research Team
- Sep 30, 2020
- 3 min
IDN World Report Highlights 2020
IDNs in 2020: highlights of this year’s World Report There has been a decline in the number of IDNs registered across the world....
Research Team
- Sep 28, 2020
- 2 min
.eu IDNs - Analysis 2020
Summary 2019 saw the launch of the long-awaited .ευ in Greek script, creating a full complement of IDN supporting all 24 official...
Research Team
- Sep 1, 2020
- 3 min
Interview with UA Ambassador Walter Wu
Awareness of IDNs still low among Chinese users, reports Universal Acceptance Ambassador Walter Wu is a Universal Acceptance Ambassador...
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