Chris Disspain, CEO at .au Domain Administration (auDA) said the domain name reseller will not be able to refer to itself as a provisionally-accredited registrar until the action is finalised.
According to a statement issued by auDA, it has received a significant number of complaints relating to Internet Name Group's conduct.
-Having carefully considered the matter auDA holds the view that there is a question as to whether ING [Internet Name Group] is capable of complying with the terms of auDA's registrar agreement and published policies," Disspain said.
Internet Name Group was one of ten applicants that were granted provisional accreditation by auDA late last year.
A spokesperson from Internet Name Group could not be reached for comment at the time this story went to press.
I've been following this story with interest. Just another example of big brother looking after its mates at the expense of some clever marketing guys. Lets look at it as if a conspiracy- what if AUDA (the australian domain authority) CEO Chris Dispane asked anyone that contacted AUDA with queries to contact ACCC in relation to ING, but the question is "why would he do this" who would benefit? well as from the middle of this year Melbourne IT, the administrator will be no longer the sole administrator and have to compete on service, they would still be the administrator if there service was any good. So why on earth would AUDA try to discredit ING to ACCC, ask one simple question, WHO FINANCED AND STARTED UP AUDA? ANSWER: Melbourne IT of course. GET THE PICTURE
The plot thickens.