The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has ditched its proposal for evaluating applications for new ‘dot word’ style top-level domains (TLDs) such as ‘.bank’ in batches of 500. A statement issued yesterday said that ICANN instead would work “based on a tentative project plan that foresees the processing of applications in a single batch, and simultaneous release of results”.
ICANN received more than 1900 applications for new TLDs when the first stage of the process closed earlier this year. The initial proposed batching process had drawn ire from applicants, with ICANN intending to process only 500 applications at a time meaning that the date when new domains went live could vary considerably.
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