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ICANN Takes On The Largest Expansion of gTLD Applications

Posted on June 13, 2012July 5, 2019 by

A Snapshot of The gTLD Expansion On January 12, 2012 ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned names and Numbers) started accepting applications for generic top-level domains (gTLDs) and closed its application period on May 30, 2012. Presently, there are 22 gTLDs including .com, .org, and .net. Out of the several applications, some of the biggest…

Domain Name News – February 16, 2009

Posted on February 16, 2009May 12, 2016 by

John Demco

The ICANN Nominating Committee is seeking candidates for open positions on the ICANN Board of Directors, the At Large Advisory Committee, the Council of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), and the Council of the Country-Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO). Statements of Interest should be submitted by April 15. ICANN has opened a public forum on…