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<div class="AOW" ><big>'''Article of the Week'''</big></div>

'''[[.~~tickets]]~~''' is a [[~~gTLD~~]] ~~delegated in~~ [[~~ICANN~~]]'s [[~~New gTLD Program~~|~~new gTLD program~~]]. ~~The registry is managed by~~ [[~~Accent Media Limited~~]]~~, with back~~-~~end services provided by~~ [[~~CentralNic~~]].

'''.co''' is the [[Country Code Top-Level Domain|country code top-level domain name]] ([[ccTLD]]) for Colombia as per ISO-3166-1 code. A government supported entity was created between [[Arcelandia S.A.]] and [[Neustar]], [[.co Internet|.CO Internet SAS]], which manages .co as an [[ccTLD#Open ccTLD|open ccTLD]]. <ref>[http://www.iana.org/reports/2009/co-report-24nov2009.html Redelegation of the .CO domain representing Colombia to .CO Internet SAS]</ref> Domain name registration is open to all entities worldwide and it is marketed as a great alternative to the [[.com]] domain space.

~~Accent Media won~~ the [[~~private auction~~]] ~~for~~ the ~~.tickets string in September 2014~~, ~~outbidding the other four applicants. The proposed application succeeded and was delegated to~~ the [[~~Root Zone~~]] ~~on 26 March~~, ~~2015~~.<ref ~~name="delegation"~~>[http://~~newgtlds~~.~~icann~~.~~org~~/en/~~program~~-~~status~~/~~delegated-strings Delegated String~~, ~~ICANN~~.~~org~~] ~~Retrieved 26 Mar 2015~~</ref>

An October, 2012, interview with COO [[Nicolai Bezsonoff]] put the current registration of .co at 1.35 million. [[Sedo]] has reported that .co has the highest average secondary-market price, with the first being [[.com]]. Renewal rates for domains registered during the launch period, and before general availability, are very high, well above 90%. The average rate of renewal for first and second year renewals of domains acquired during general availability is 62%.<ref>[http://www.thedomains.com/2012/10/04/the-co-numbers-are-in-over-1-35-million-registered-co-domains-our-chat-with-the-coo/ The Co Numbers are In Over 1 35 million registered co domains, TheDomains.com]</ref>

~~.tickets reached general availability on 21 September 2015~~, ~~following an Early Access Program (EAP) held from 14~~-~~20 of September 2015~~. The ~~mandatory sunrise period was held from 13 July 2015~~ to ~~11 September 2015~~.

Taco Bell, a sizeable fast-food restaurant, chose .co upon revamping its website. The company is using ta.co, and while this url currently redirects to tacobell.com, the shorter name is seen as a nod toward mobile users who wish to order customized meals online with as little inconvenience as possible.

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<small><strong>Related: [[~~Accent Media Limited~~]] - [[~~Steve Machin~~]] - [[~~New gTLD Program~~]] </strong></small>

<small><strong>Related: [[Neustar]] - [[CcTLD]] - [[ta.co]] </strong></small>

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-'''[[.tickets]]''' is a [[gTLD]] delegated in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program|new gTLD program]]. The registry is managed by [[Accent Media Limited]], with back-end services provided by [[CentralNic]].
+'''.co''' is the [[Country Code Top-Level Domain|country code top-level domain name]] ([[ccTLD]]) for Colombia as per ISO-3166-1 code.  A government supported entity was created between [[Arcelandia S.A.]] and [[Neustar]],  [[.co Internet|.CO Internet SAS]], which manages .co as an [[ccTLD#Open ccTLD|open ccTLD]]. <ref>[http://www.iana.org/reports/2009/co-report-24nov2009.html Redelegation of the .CO domain representing Colombia to .CO Internet SAS]</ref> Domain name registration is open to all entities worldwide and it is marketed as a great alternative to the [[.com]] domain space.
-Accent Media won the [[private auction]] for the .tickets string in September 2014, outbidding the other four applicants. The proposed application succeeded and was delegated to the [[Root Zone]] on 26 March, 2015.<ref name="delegation">[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/delegated-strings Delegated String, ICANN.org] Retrieved 26 Mar 2015</ref>
+An October, 2012, interview with COO [[Nicolai Bezsonoff]] put the current registration of .co at 1.35 million. [[Sedo]] has reported that .co has the highest average secondary-market price, with the first being [[.com]]. Renewal rates for domains registered during the launch period, and before general availability, are very high, well above 90%. The average rate of renewal for first and second year renewals of domains acquired during general availability is 62%.<ref>[http://www.thedomains.com/2012/10/04/the-co-numbers-are-in-over-1-35-million-registered-co-domains-our-chat-with-the-coo/ The Co Numbers are In Over 1 35 million registered co domains, TheDomains.com]</ref>
-.tickets reached general availability on 21 September 2015, following an Early Access Program (EAP) held from 14-20 of September 2015.  The mandatory sunrise period was held from 13 July 2015 to 11 September 2015.
+Taco Bell, a sizeable fast-food restaurant, chose .co upon revamping its website. The company is using ta.co, and while this url currently redirects to tacobell.com, the shorter name is seen as a nod toward mobile users who wish to order customized meals online with as little inconvenience as possible.
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-<small><strong>Related: [[Accent Media Limited]]  - [[Steve Machin]] - [[New gTLD Program]] </strong></small>
+<small><strong>Related: [[Neustar]]  - [[CcTLD]] - [[ta.co]] </strong></small>
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