Welcome!

Welcome to the IUSN Foundation blog! We are thrilled to announce the launch of the new IUSN website as well that features in-depth information about our mission, current work on the island of Niue, and our continued goals of helping emerging countries enter and succeed within the growing Internet community.

Please continue to check back here for updates into our work in Niue, as well as our involvement in upcoming Internet governance events and meetings. Also feel free to leave us a comment with your feedback or suggestions for future projects for the IUSN Foundation.

Thanks for visiting and we look forward to seeing you again soon!

Welcome to The IUSN Foundation

Founded in 1997 and led by American Internet pioneer Bill Semich, IUSN is an internationally respected charitable organization that relies on a longstanding marketing partnership with WorldNames, Inc., operator of the .NU domain name, to generate the funds needed to carry out its charitable mission on Niue. IUSN is able to fund free Internet service for Niue – the only country in the world with free Internet – through revenues generated from the sale of .NU domain names in Scandinavia (where nu means "now").

IUSN, in fact, derives its operating income entirely from the sale of .NU domain names by WorldNames, which pays a portion of this revenue to the foundation. IUSN, in turn, uses the money from WorldNames to fund free Internet access for islanders through Internet Niue as well as infrastructure upgrades needed to ensure world-class service quality and reliability.