New gTLD Applicants

The following list is comprised of known, verified applications for TLDs being applied for in ICANN's New gTLD Program. It is broken down by what "type" of gTLD the applicant is applying for. For a list of companies providing a variety of gTLD-related services, see here.

Brand Applicants[edit | edit source]

The following are proposed Brand gTLD/DotBrand ventures:^[1]^[2]^[3]

TLD	Applicant(s)	Registry Provider	Notes
.adidas	Adidas Group		Rumored
.afl	Australian Football League	ARI Registry Services	Melbourne IT is acting as Application Consultant. Confirmed^[4]
.aigo	aigo Digital Technology
.canon	Canon	GMO Registry	Confirmed^[5]
.deloitte	Deloitte		Confirmed^[6]
.facebook	Facebook Inc.		Rumored
.microsoft	Microsoft		Rumored
.neustar	Neustar	Neustar	Confirmed^[7]
.hitachi	Hitachi Ltd.	GMO Registry	Confirmed^[8]
.unicef	UNICEF		Confirmed^[9]
.sas	Scandinavian Airlines System Group		Confirmed^[10]
.starhub	StarHub	ARI Registry Services	Confirmed^[11]

Geographic Applicants[edit | edit source]

The following are proposed GeoTLD ventures:^[12]^[13]^[14]

TLD	Applicant(s)	Registry Provider	Notes
.africa	DotConnectAfrica (DCA) AfTLD ARC		String Contention
.afrique	Africa Top Level Domains (AfTLD)
.arab	League of Arab States		Supported by ITU, Confirmed^[15]
.athens
.bangaluru	Minds + Machines with India TL Domain	Minds + Machines	Confirmed^[16]
.bayern	dotBayern e.V. Bayern Connect	Minds + Machines (Bayern Connect)^[17]	String Contention
.berlin	dotBERLIN GmbH Unite Berlin		String Contention, Confirmed^[18]^[19]
.bzh	PointBZH
.chicago
.cymru	The Welsh Government	Nominet	Confirmed^[20]
.eac	East African Community (EAC)
.eng	dot.eng
.florida	dotFlorida LLC		Alexander Schubert is the founder^[21]
.fra	A-FRA
.gent	The City of Gent	OpenRegistry	Confirmed,^[22] Partnered with City TLD
.hamburg	Initiaitive dothamburg
.hof	The City of Hof with HFO Telecom AG
.ker	dotKer
.köln	dotKöln
.kyoto	Kyoto Gakuen University		Confirmed^[23]
.london
.madrid	Punto Madrid
.masr	National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (NTRA)
.melbourne	Government of Victoria	ARI Registry Services	Confirmed^[24]
.miami
.mockba	Foundation for Assistance for Internet Technologies and Infrastructure Development (FAITID)
.moscow	Foundation for Assistance for Internet Technologies and Infrastructure Development (FAITID)
.mumbai	Minds + Machines with India TL Domain (Unclear)	Minds + Machines (Unclear)^[25]
.nyc	dotNYC Connecting.nyc Inc. Name.Space		String Contention
.okinawa	Business Ralliart Inc. GMO Registry		Confirmed, String Contention Possible^[26]^[27]
.osaka	GMO Registry Interlink Business Ralliart Inc. Future Spirits		Confirmed, String Contention Possible^[28]
.paris
.qatar	ictQATAR	AusRegistry International^[29]
.que	PointQuébec
.quebec	PointQuébec
.riga	dotRiga		Alexander Schubert is the Project Manager^[30]
.roma	Roma TLD S.r.l.		Member of DotCities
.ryukyu	Business Ralliart Inc. GMO Registry		Confirmed, String Contention Possible^[31]^[32]
.saarland	dotSaarland eV
.scot	Dot Scot Registry
.seattle
.seoul	The City of Seoul
.sydney	Government of New South Wales	ARI Registry Services	Confirmed^[33]
.tat	dot tat
.tokyo	DotTokyo	GMO Registry
.toulouse
.val	puntVAL
.victoria	Government of Victoria	ARI Registry Services	Confirmed^[34]
.volga	Foundation for Assistance for Internet Technologies and Infrastructure Development (FAITID)
.vegas	Dot Vegas Inc.
.wales	The Welsh Government	Nominet	Confirmed^[35]
.wien	DotWien

Generic/Community Applicants[edit | edit source]

The following are niche, generic, or community gTLDs:^[36]^[37]^[38]

TLD	Applicant(s)	Registry Provider	Notes
.bank	Domain Security Company LLC
.bike	Adrenaline TLD
.board	Adrenaline TLD
.club	.CLUB Domains LLC
.dental	Dot Dental TLD and Domains		Rumored to be defunct^[39]
.eco	Big Room Inc. Unknown Minds + Machines Venture^[40]	Afilias (Big Room) Minds + Machines (Unknown Venture)	String Contention
.eus	PuntuEus Association
.film	The Film Registry Inc.	AusRegistry^[41]
.free	dotFree Group		Confirmed^[42]
.gay	Dot Gay Alliance dotgay LLC, Alexander Schubert Unknown Minds + Machines Venture^[43]		String Contention
.gal	Asociación PuntoGal
.gmbh	eco e.V.
.green	DotGreen Registry	Neustar^[44]	Community Application
.halal	Halalan Tayyiban Corp.
.health	International Society for Telemedicine and eHealt with ISOC Belgium
.hiv	Unterstütze .hiv
.horse	Dot Horse Project LLC
.hotel	DOTHOTEL, Dirk Krischenowski
.irish	Dot-Irish LLC
.jewelers	GJB Inc.	ARI Registry Services
.kiwi	Dot Kiwi	Minds + Machines^[45]
.law	TLD INVEST GmbH
.lli	PuntuLLI
.love	dot.Love Inc.,
.mls	MLS Domains Association	CentralNic	String Contention^[46]
.money	gTLD Revolution
.music	Music.us, Constantine Roussos Far Further		String Contention
.ngo	PIR dotNGO		String Contention
.phone	gTLD Revolution
.restaurant
.radio	BRS Media, Inc.	Minds + Machines^[47]
.real	Global Real Estate and Technology Consortium
.reise	dotreise GmbH		German for ".travel"
.rocks	DOTROCKS, LLC
.secure	Domain Security Company LLC
.shop	GMO Registry Commercial Connect, LCC		String Contention
.site	UrbanBrain Inc.
.skate	Adrenaline TLD
.ski	Adrenaline TLD
.sport	SportAccord dotSport LLC The DotSport Registry		String Contention
.surf	Adrenaline TLD
.taxi
.versicherung	dotversicherung-registry GmbH		German for ".insurance"
.vin
.vip	Vipspace Enterprises LLC
.web	gTLD Revolution
.wine

IDN Applicants[edit | edit source]

TLD	Applicant(s)	Registry Provider	Notes
.ДЕТИ	Coordination Center for TLD RU	Coordination Center for TLD RU	Russian for ".children"
.عرب	The Arab League		Receiving Support from ITU, Arabic for ".arab" Confirmed^[48]

Related Pages[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

[1] Applicants, Brand, dot-nxt.com

[2] New TLDs, NewDomains.org

[3] NewTLDs, NewTLDs.tv

[4] News ARI Wins Tender for Melbourne and Sydney, ARiServices.com

[5] Mar 16 2010, Canon.com

[6] Watch the Deloitte Strategy Why A New TLD Bill Barrett Deloitte, NetworkMarketingStrategy.mlmmpbtoday.com

[7] Neustar to Establish Its own Brand Specific GTLD, Neustar.biz

[8] Releases 2011/03, PRWeb.com

[9] UNICEF.org

[10] Another dotBrand Confirmed Sas, DomainIncite.com

[11] Exclusive Starhub Confirms Dot Brand gTLD bid, DomainIncite.com

[12] Geographic, Dot-nxt.com

[13] New TLDs, NewDomains.org

[14] NewTLDs, NewTLDs.tv

[15] News370, TRA.gov.ae

[16] MM In Bizarre Negaluru gTLD Bid, DomainIncite.com

[17] Top Level Domain Holdings to Help Register Bayern Domain, ProactiveInvestors.co.uk

[18] DotBERLIN.de

[19] UniteBerlin.de

[20] Latest, Nominet.org

[21] DotFlorida Team, DotFlorida.org

[22] OpenRegistry Wins Gent Registry Deal, DomainIncite.com

[23] tKyoto Twitter, 5.1.2012, twitter.com

[24] News ARI Wins Tender for Melbourne and Sydney, ARIServices.com

[25] Corporate update Minds Machines Chosen As registry Provider for Mumbai, TLDH.org

[26] Japan Gets Two New Geo TLD Projects, DomainIncite.com

[27] News Article, GMO.jp

[28] 4 Companies Given Ok for Osaka, DomainIncite.com

[29] News QA, AusRegistry.com

[30] Contact, DotRiga.org

[31] Japan Gets Two New Geo TLD Projects, DomainIncite.com

[32] News Article, GMO.jp

[33] ARI Wins Tender For Melbourne and Sydney, ARIServices.com

[34] News ARI Wins Tender For Melbourne and Sydney, ARIServices.com

[35] Latest, Nominet.org

[36] New TLDs, NewDomains.org

[37] Community, dot-nxt.com

[38] NewTLDs, NewTLDs.tv

[39] Status, NewgTLDsite, twitter.com

[40] Dot Eco, MindsAndMachines.com

[41] AboutUs, FilmRegistryInc.com

[42] Status, RT, dotFree, 2.27.2012, Twitter.com

[43] Dot Eco, MindsAndMachines.com

[44] tGreen Selects neustar to Provide Registry and DNS Support to Green TLD, PRNewsWire.com

[45] TLDH Files First 20 gTLD Applications, ElliotsBlog.com

[46] Dot MLS Rights Fight, News.Dot-nxt.com

[47] BRS Media Selects Minds Machines For Radio Registry Services, MindsAndMachines.com

[48] News370, TRA.gov.ae

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