John Demco
ICANN Sets April 23 Target For First New gTLD Recommendation – ICANN is “targetting to be able to recommend for delegation the first New gTLD as early as the 23rd of April,” according to ICANN President and CEO Fadi Chehadé in a recent interview. He went on to indicate that events beyond their control could cause a slippage of days or weeks, but not months. He also indicated that “not all actions that get gTLDs to be functional and ready for the market are within our [ICANN’s] control.”
Picks To Click
- “Governments to reveal new gTLD objection shortlist next week“, by Kevin Murphy on DomainIncite.
- The Retail Council of Canada has filed a comment opposing the delegation of closed generic gTLDs.
Timeline
- Thu, Feb 28: Canadian Internet Forum, hosted by CIRA, in Ottawa
- Sun, Apr 7 – Thu, Apr 11: ICANN meetings in Beijing