[ALAC-Announce] ICANN Targets Date to Announce Who Applied for Which gTLD

[At-Large Staff]

April 2, 2012
For Immediate Release

ICANN to Reveal Who Applied for Which New Generic Top-Level Domain
April 30 Picked as Target Date for Announcement
Marina del Rey, CaliforniaŠ  ICANN has set April 30th as its target date to
release the list of applications for new generic top-level domains,
specifying who has applied for which domain names.

³Our plan always has been to publish the list of applied-for strings
approximately two weeks after the close of the April 12th application
window,² said Rod Beckstrom, President and CEO of ICANN.  ³Setting a target
date gives people the opportunity to plan for this highly anticipated
event.²

Beckstrom also noted that if ICANN receives an overwhelming number of
applications to process, publication of the list of strings could be
postponed.

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To learn more about the new generic Top-Level Domain program, go here:
http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/customer-service/faqs/faqs-en

 

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