The Serbian National Register of Internet Domain Names
is an expert,
non-party, non-Governmental and non-profit organisation established as a Fund.
The abbreviation of the Serbian National Register of Internet Domain Names is RNIDS.
RNIDS started publishing news
Belgrade, 18 August 2010 – The Serbian National Register of Internet Domain Names is preparing the new issue of RNIDS News. RNIDS News is the internal journal of the Serbian National Register of Internet Domain Names, issued quarterly or as required.
The first issue was published in March. The second one is to be published today. The second issue contains information on current projects, as well as all activities of the Register.
It contains information on co-financing, protecting brands in the Internet space, the number of registered domains and their growth, registrars and their role, provisioning new infrastructure and many other topics.
One of the topics elaborated in the second issue of RNIDS News is the introduction of Cyrillic in the Internet scene of Serbia and the current status of IDN ccTDLs in other countries.
Special attention is given to international activities and the role of the Register as a member of various global organisations.
You can read RNIDS News online at http://www.rnids.rs/node/285First brand package registered
Belgrade, 17 August 2010 – The first brand package was registered yesterday at 10:32 am in Niš. The "Banker" registrar from Niš registered domains planet.rs and planet.co.rs. Taking into account advantages of registration offered by RNIDS during this period, we hope other companies will follow this example.The second round of competition of RNIDS for co-financing projects
Belgrade, 5 August 2010 – RNIDS would like to remind the public that the competition for co-financing projects has entered its second phase. The application deadline is 1 September 2010. The financial assets that remained after the first round will be allocated during this round. RNIDS co-finances projects from three categories: marketing activities, service development and Internet popularisation, as well ad expert conventions.
Additional information on the competition is available here.Contracts on project co-financing signed
Belgrade, 21 July 2010 – At Vuk’s Foundation in Belgrade, RNIDS and organisations which had applied for financial assets signed contracts on project co-financing.
The Serbian National Register of Internet Domain Names participates in co-financing of 13 projects from the field of marketing, service and Internet development and organisation of events. A total of 35 projects applied for co-financing.
RNIDS participates in co-financing of the selected projects with more than 2,800,000 RSD.
The press release on all organisations and projects that will be co-financed is available here.
The second round of competition for project co-financing will be closed in September.
Ministry supports proposals for Cyrillic domain of Serbia and considers RNIDS fulfils criteria for managing Cyrillic domain
Belgrade, 15 June 2010 – The Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Society gave its approval that "срб" (alternatively "србија") be nominated for the Cyrillic domain of Serbia. These proposals were obtained during voting of the Internet community of Serbia that ended in the middle of June 2010.
The Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Society considers the Serbian National Register of Internet Domain Names fulfils all technical and organisational conditions defined by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and required for managing the register of national Internet domain in Cyrillic.Voting results for Cyrillic domain of Serbia
Belgrade, 12 July 2010 – On 5 March 2010 the Serbian National Register of Internet Domain Names initiated the procedure for introducing the Cyrillic IDN ccTLD that would represent Serbia on the Internet. The procedure is defined by ICANN in The Final Implementation Plan for IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process.
Proposals for the Cyrillic domain of Serbia were collected at the beginning of July in a comprehensive and serious campaign during which the Internet community of Serbia was invited to vote. The last step in the procedure was voting for one of four proposals. The voting results show that the Internet community responsibly and seriously participaed in the process of seleting the Cyrillic domain of Serbia.
Apart from 10,505 people who voted on the Website of RNIDS, two control groups contained approximately 1,000 voters. The aim of the control voting was to confirm results of the basic voting.
The Serbian National Register of Internet Domain Names would like to thank everybody who participated in the choice of our Cyrillic domain. Additional information on the voting and the following steps for introducing the Cyrillic domain is available here.Voting for proposals of Cyrillic IDN ccTLD to terminate on 16 June 2010
Belgrade 15 June 2010 – The working group of the Serbian National Register of Internet Domain Names (РНИДС), which had been tasked with carrying out a campaign for choosing the Cyrillic name to be used as the ccTLD representing Serbia on the Internet, decided to terminate the voting process as of Wednesday, 16 June at midnight.
Last month, interested citizens were able to give their vote to one of the following four proposals: срб, србија, сб or рсб.
During the process of reviewing the preliminary voting results, it was concluded that the turnout was above satisfactory.
The voting results will be published at the end of June.YU domain becomes history
Belgrade, 30th March, 2010- .YU domain stopped functioning at noon today, in accordance with the decision of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers). Saying goodbye to the .YU domain, which became history, like other aspects of ex Yugoslavia, has been announced since March 2008.
Just to remind you-The official registration of the .RS domain started on 10th March, 2008. During the following six months, until 10th September 2008, the owners of the .YU domain were given priority to register the aforementioned domain with the .RS ending. This right was used by 19,372 companies in total.
Upon finishing the transition from .YU to .RS domain, approximately 4000 users of the .YU domain prolonged the lifespan of their .YU domains until 30th March, 2010. As of today noon, the remaining 4000 YU domains are no longer visible online.
Today at 6pm, Museum of Yugoslav History will be hosting the “farewell party” to the .YU domain. Effective today, the .YU domain becomes a part of the museum.Celebration of the second anniversary of .RS domain
Belgrade, 5 March 2010 – The Serbian National Register of Internet Domain Names (RNIDS) celebrated its third anniversary and the second birthday of the .RS domain. The event took place in the Serbian Chamber of Commerce and was opened by the Minister of Telecommunications and Information Society, Ms. Jasna Matić. Representatives of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce, the Serbian Orthodox Church and the Ministry of Defence, as well as reputable guests from abroad - Wim Degezelle, Communication Manager, the Council of European National Top Level domain Registers – CENTR, Julia Ovchinnkova, a member of the Coordination Center for TDL .RU and PhD Manel Sanroma, a member of the Expert Committee of Fundacio puntCat from Barcelona were present.
Two accompanying events were organised within the convention: a discussion about the introduction of the Cyrillic IDN ccTLD of Serbia which was, at the same time, the initiation of the public debate regarding this issue; and a meeting with registrars.Public discussion on Cyrillic ccTLD
Belgrade, 3 February 2010 – The discussion about the introduction of the Cyrillic ccTLD was held at the Serbian Chamber of Commerce on 2 February 2010. Members of the RNIDS Managing Board, representatives of the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Society, the Informatics Association of Serbia, CONUS, the Serbian Business Registers Agency, the Serbian Chamber of Commerce, Gartner, editors of specialised IT magazines, as well as experts who actively promote the Cyrillic on the Internet attended the meeting. The goal of the meeting was to reach an agreement on the manner of initiating a public discussion on choosing a string that will become the Cyrillic ccTLD which will represent the Republic of Serbia on the Internet.
A working group was formed at the end of the meeting. Based on ideas presented at the Serbian Chamber of Commerce, this group will create a plan of activities for carrying out a public discussion.Official announcement of ICANN on extending YU domain until 30 March 2010
Belgrade 29 October 2009 – The Serbian National Register of Internet Domain Names (RNIDS) has received an official letter regarding the decision of the ICANN Board of Directors to postpone deactivation of the YU domain until 30 March 2010.
Apart from quoting decisions of the ICANN Board of Directors, it is mentioned in the letter that the procedure of deactivating the YU domain will be initiated on 1 March 2010. At that time a request for removing the YU domain from zone tables in the DNS root servers will be sent to the US Government for authorisation and then to VeriSign for implementation.
At this moment it is not possible to specify the exact date when the YU domain will no longer be visible on the Internet because of a large number of participants in this procedure, some of whom are impossible to be influenced. ICANN intends to effect the removal of the YU domain from the Internet as close as possible to 30 March 2010.
Bearing this fact in mind, the Managing Board of RNIDS will ratify a plan of activities and inform the general public about it in a timely manner.
The letter is available here.
