CIRA Launches French-language Domain Names
The organization that manages .CA domains is now allowing Canadians to register .CA Internet addresses correctly in both official languages. The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is now supporting the use of all French characters in .CA domain names for the first time. French .CA domain names will now be able to use the full [...]
CIRA Hits Two Million Mark for .CA Domains
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) reported it has crossed the two million mark for registered .CA Internet domain names. While it took 21 years to achieve the first million, just four years were required to get to the second million. It’s quite fitting that the milestone comes on the 25th anniversary of the founding [...]
CIRA Hosting ICANN 45 Forum in Toronto
Several technology leaders will be in Toronto next week for ICANN 45 meetings and panel sessions on the operation, security and infrastructure of the Internet. “We are proud to have been chosen by ICANN to host this important forum,” said Byron Holland, President and CEO of Canadian Internet Registration Authority, the organization that manages .CA. [...]
Canada’s .CA Turns 25
The .CA top-level domain turns 25 years old on May 14th. So if you’ve done the math correctly, you know that in 1987 .CA was born. If you’re wondering who was using the Internet back in ’87, you’re not alone. Extremely few Canadians were online, and the only people registering .CA domains were government representatives [...]
