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: ''See a list of all IDN New gTLDs [[New gTLD IDN Applications|here]].''

: ''See a list of all IDN New gTLDs [[New gTLD IDN Applications|here]].''

It was revealed in June 2012 that 116 IDN [[New gTLDs]] had been applied for, 73 of them being Chinese language. Approximately half of these Chines TLDs come from mainland China, but a significant number of them were applied for by non-Chinese companies. Because of the restriction against single-character TLDs, many companies who would have applied for "网" (web) and "店" (shop), instead were forced to apply for "网站" (website) and "网店" (web-shop). The biggest IDN applicant was [[Zodiac]], which applied for 15 Chinese TLDs. [[Verisign]] applied for 12 foreign language transliterations of [[.com]] and [[.net]]. The languages with the second highest number of applications were Arabic (15) and Japanese (9).<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120614_analysis_of_the_idn_new_gtld_applications/ Analysis of the IDN New gTLD Applications, circleid.com]</ref>

It was revealed in June 2012 that 116 IDN [[New gTLD Program]] had been applied for, 73 of them being Chinese language. Approximately half of these Chines TLDs come from mainland China, but a significant number of them were applied for by non-Chinese companies. Because of the restriction against single-character TLDs, many companies who would have applied for "网" (web) and "店" (shop), instead were forced to apply for "网站" (website) and "网店" (web-shop). The biggest IDN applicant was [[Zodiac]], which applied for 15 Chinese TLDs. [[Verisign]] applied for 12 foreign language transliterations of [[.com]] and [[.net]]. The languages with the second highest number of applications were Arabic (15) and Japanese (9).<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120614_analysis_of_the_idn_new_gtld_applications/ Analysis of the IDN New gTLD Applications, circleid.com]</ref>

 

Likely as part of new ICANN CEO's [[Fadi Chehadé]]'s internationalization of the organization, [[IDN]] gTLD applications were given priority in the [[batching|batching process]]. Batching is a term used to describe the prioritization of applications in such a way that ICANN staff can deal with them in an organized and efficient manner. The final process used to batch was a lottery, where applications were pulled at random. IDN applications were given the option to go first in this system.<ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2012/12/05/confirmed-idns-will-be-prioritized-in-new-tld-queue/ Confirmed IDNs Will be Prioritized in New TLD Queue, DomainNameWire.com]Published Dec 5 2012, Retrieved Jan 18 2013</ref>

==Implementation of IDN ccTLDs==

==Implementation of IDN ccTLDs==