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# [[Amazon]]- The company has applied for 76 new gTLDS, including .dev, through its office in Luxembourg.<ref>[http://www.thebookseller.com/news/amazon-could-own-book-domains-grabs.html Amazon could own .book as domains up for grabs]</ref> | # [[Amazon]]- The company has applied for 76 new gTLDS, including .dev, through its office in Luxembourg.<ref>[http://www.thebookseller.com/news/amazon-could-own-book-domains-grabs.html Amazon could own .book as domains up for grabs]</ref> | ||
# [[Google]] ([[Charleston Road Registry Inc.]])- This is one of the 101 new gTLDs filed by the company.<ref>[http://www.tldmagazine.com/google-applied-for-101-new-domains-full-list-unveiled-at-icanns-official-reveal.html Google applied for 101 New Domains]</ref> | # [[Google]] ([[Charleston Road Registry Inc.]])- This is one of the 101 new gTLDs filed by the company.<ref>[http://www.tldmagazine.com/google-applied-for-101-new-domains-full-list-unveiled-at-icanns-official-reveal.html Google applied for 101 New Domains]</ref> | ||
==Name Collision Issues== | |||
In October 2013 [[ICANN]] released their final assessment and mitigation plan for the [[Name Collision]] issue that was facing the New gTLD program. On 18 November 2013, ICANN announced the applied-for strings that were eligible for an alternative path towards delegation that would allow applicants to proceed without waiting for further mitigation research and plans to be published. 25 strings, including .dev, were not eligible for the alternative path, and will have to wait for more plans to be published before continuing towards delegation.<ref>[https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-2-17nov13-en Announcement 17 Nov 13, ICANN.org] Retrieved 20 Feb 2014</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:TLD]] | [[Category:TLD]] | ||
[[Category:Technology New gTLDs|dev]] | [[Category:Technology New gTLDs|dev]] | ||
Revision as of 23:32, 20 February 2014
| Status: | Proposed |
| Type: | Generic TLD |
| Category: | Technology |
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.dev is a proposed generic top level domain name (gTLD) in ICANN's new gTLD expansion program.
Current Applicants
- Amazon- The company has applied for 76 new gTLDS, including .dev, through its office in Luxembourg.[1]
- Google (Charleston Road Registry Inc.)- This is one of the 101 new gTLDs filed by the company.[2]
Name Collision Issues
In October 2013 ICANN released their final assessment and mitigation plan for the Name Collision issue that was facing the New gTLD program. On 18 November 2013, ICANN announced the applied-for strings that were eligible for an alternative path towards delegation that would allow applicants to proceed without waiting for further mitigation research and plans to be published. 25 strings, including .dev, were not eligible for the alternative path, and will have to wait for more plans to be published before continuing towards delegation.[3]