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Source : moreover / More : Domain Market - (03 July 2008 16:01)
Since the original seven domain "dots" were established, the Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN;
www.icann.org) has expanded the number of generic top level domains (gTLDs) only rarely. But by 2Q 2009, adding new dot domains could start expanding rapidly. Last week, at an annual meeting in Paris, ICANN approved a recommendation that would add many new domain names, as well as expanding the languages and character sets for internationalized domain names. The nuts and bolts of processing the expansion will not appear until the final version of the implementation plan is approved by the ICANN board in early 2009. Complex and challenging issues remain before them following "principles of fairness, transparency, and non-discrimination," as well as technical issues to insure the stability of the domain name system—as my interview with former ICANN chair Vinton Cerf confirms. However, the potential impact over the years of a massive
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