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==History==
==History==
In 1990, the .com TLD already reached as many as 20 million registered domains therefore registrants are already starting to experience difficulties to find a short, simple and easy to remember domain name.In order to alleviate the situation, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Numbers and Names ([[ICANN]])requested proposals for new TLD's from registry stake holders.
In 1990, the .com TLD already reached as many as 20 million registered domains therefore registrants are already starting to experience difficulties to find a short, simple and easy to remember domain name.In order to alleviate the situation, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Numbers and Names ([[ICANN]]) requested proposals for new TLD's from registry stake holders on its website on August 5, 2000.<ref>
[http://www.iana.org/reports/2001/biz-info-report-25jun01.html IANA Report]</ref>
On October 2000, ICANN received 44 proposed domains and by November of the same year during the organizations annual meeting the Board of Directors approved 7 new TLDs which include: .aero, .biz, .coop, .info .museum, .name and .pro.
<ref>[http://www.afilias.info/webfm_send/15 .info History]</ref>
ICANN approved the application of Afilias as the registry operator of the .info TLD on May 11, 2001,<ref>
[http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/agreements/info/index-11may01.html .info Registry Agreement]</ref> subsequently the United States Department of Commerce entered .info into the internet Domain Name System (DNS) root zone on June 27.
== Sunrise Period==
The Sunrise Period started July 25, 2001 wherein trademark and service mark holders were able to reserve their brand names.