September 12, 2001

Let the games begin...

Three new top level domains (TLD) are going up for sale and there is an expected rush to stake a claim in these new territories. There is already some controversy over the handling of the ".info" sunrise period with several cybersquatters being able to bypass the system and claim hundreds of domain names.

One important note, ICANN decided not to restrict the already well developed ".org" TLD to just non-profit organizations.

Icann unveils new domain names