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

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

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>

'''.co''' is the [[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.

.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.

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>

 

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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