By Michiel Grotenhuis and Frederick Schiwek | Web Hosting Today When InterNetX announced its 2025 Domain Summit in Frankfurt, the initial buzz focused on domain...

Africa’s digital boom offers huge potential for internet and hosting markets. Kenya, a leading tech hub, exemplifies this growth as it adopts digital technologies.

We’ve officially crossed the 371-million mark in domain registrations worldwide, and no one’s entirely sure whether we should be impressed… or concerned. According to latest Domain Name Industry Brief (Q2 2025), the internet is growing in a way that’s both predictable and increasingly chaotic.

After years of handling the .CO domain, GoDaddy has lost its role as the official registry. A new partnership, called Consórcio Equipo PuntoCo, made up of Germany’s Team Internet and Colombia’s Central Comercializadora de Internet (CCI), has won the contract to operate Colombia’s country-code top-level domain (ccTLD), .CO, for the next ten years.

Big news for domain investors and startup founders: Atom, known for its domain marketplace and branding platform, has officially become an ICANN-accredited registrar. The company shared the announcement on its LinkedIn profile, marking a fresh start in the domain space.

At this year’s industry gathering in sunny Ibiza, Konrad Keck sat down with Macsen Galvin from Namespace for a candid conversation about the challenges and opportunities facing the domain and hosting industry.

Pakistan’s web hosting market is growing, with increasing demand for affordable and reliable shared hosting solutions. While internet speeds remain a challenge, local businesses and...

Indonesia is one of the fastest-growing digital markets in the world, driven by a large population, increasing internet penetration, and a dynamic business environment. With a rapidly evolving digital landscape, businesses must navigate language preferences, diverse payment systems, customer service expectations, and regulatory changes to succeed.

Tucows, a well-known internet services company, has secured a major contract to manage India’s .IN domain registry. This is a big win for the company, as it replaces GoDaddy, the previous service provider. The transition will involve moving around 4 million domain names, making it the largest migration in domain registry history.

The long-standing WHOIS system for looking up domain name registration details is coming to an end. Starting January 28, 2025, ICANN will officially replace WHOIS with the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP). But don’t worry—this change isn’t happening overnight, and most users won’t notice any immediate disruptions.