Cable / Telecom News

CIRA asks Canadian businesses to be loyal to .CA domain

OTTAWA — In its first-ever broadcast campaign, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is asking Canadian businesses to kick the .com habit and register a .CA domain instead.The “Don’t Be a Traitor” campaign takes a tongue-in-cheek approach to educating Canadians about the benefits of using .CA domain names for Canadian businesses. The CIRA’s .CA Domain Squad is a group of persistent “law enforcement officials” whose methods may be extreme at times, but it’s only because they care, the CIRA said in a news release.The CIRA said the goal of its campaign is to promote the value of a .CA domain...