.delta

Status:	Proposed
Type:	Brand TLD
More information:

.delta is a Brand TLD being proposed in ICANN's New gTLD Program. The applicant is Delta Air Lines, Inc.

The application was subject to a GAC Early Warning from Nigeria. The warning system is noted as a strong recommendation on behalf of national governments to the ICANN Board that a given TLD application should be denied as it stands. Applicants are encouraged to work with objecting GAC members.

The warning recommends that the applicant withdraw its application as the string coincides with the name of a Nigerian region and state. The representative notes that the people and government of this region will likely want to secure their presence on the Internet in the future and that a commercial entity should not be given rights to the name of a geographic area.

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