The Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has given green light for
the delegation of the first new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs), according to
the Vice President, gTLD operations at ICANN, Ms Christine Willett.
“The time has come!
Today, the first four domains from ICANN’s New Generic Top-Level Domains
Programme were cleared to proceed to delegation,” Willett declared to DigitalSENSE Business News,
stressing that this step marks the start of a measured roll out of new gTLDs,
which are designed to expand opportunities for businesses, communities and
Internet users around the world.
These first new
gTLDs, or strings as they are called in the domain name industry are شبكة (xn--ngbc5azd) – the Arabic word for “Web” or
“Network” Registry: International Domain Registry Pty. Ltd; онлайн (xn--80asehdb) – Russian for “Online” Registry:
Core Association; сайт (xn--80aswg) – Russian for “Web site” Registry: Core
Association; and 游戏 (xn--unup4y) – Chinese for “Game” Registry: Spring Fields,
LLC-
She pointed out that
all four of these new strings are Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs), which
are currently available as Second-Level Domains and country code Top-Level
Domains, but this would be the first time non-Latin characters could be used in
a generic TLD.
She noted that building
on the addition of Internationalized country-code TLDs in 2010, the move is an
effort to create a more inclusive Internet.
The Registries
operated by these IDN gTLDs, she said, successfully completed a rigorous
application process designed to protect the stability of the Domain Name System
(DNS), while introducing new gTLDs into the Internet.
“Only applicants
that can meet the requirements outlined in the new gTLD applicant guidebook
will be given an opportunity to operate a gTLD,” she said in a blogpost
made available to DigitalSENSE
Business News
The application
process, she further said, follows in phases including evaluation, resolution
of holds: objections, string contention, contracting, and pre-delegation testing.
ICANN, she therefore
congratulated International Domain Registry Pty. Ltd, Core Association and
Spring Fields, LLC on their success in the New gTLD Programme, and look forward
to working with these and many other new Registries in the future.
Remmy Nweke
... Making SENSE of digital revolution!Pix: VP, new gTLD at ICANN, Ms Christine Willett
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