GMO Registry
GMO Registry offers assistance with the new gTLD application process which was approved by ICANN in 2008.
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| Type: | Public |
| Industry: | Registry |
| Founded: | 2009 |
| Ownership: | GMO Internet Group |
| Headquarters: | Cerulean Tower 9-12F, 26-1 Sakuragaokacho, Shibuya ku, Tokyo |
| Country: | Japan |
| Website: | GMO-Registry (English site) |
| Twitter: |  @gmoregistry
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| Key People | |
| Masatoshi Kumagai, CEO Hirokatsu Ohigashi, Executive Director | |
GMO Registry is the first such business in Japan;[1] and it is one of many business that make up the highly successful and diversified, GMO Internet Group.[2]
In November, 2011, it was announced that the Tokyo Metropolitan Government had chosen to work with GMO Registry and its partner, Cloud Registry, on its proposed .tokyo gTLD.[3]
It is one of two applicants for .osaka. GMO Registry is listed as the applicant on 8 new gTLD applications and is the Registry Provider for 27 applications.[4][5]
Services
The services offered by GMO Registry fall into three main categories:
In May of 2013, CentralNic confirmed in a letter that the company will take over the back-end gTLD registry services for all 27 applications that GMO Registry has. This move raised concerns that GMO Registry may have failed its ICANN technical evaluations.[5]
References
- ↑ GMO
- ↑ GMO Internet Group
- ↑ Press Release, JPubb.com
- ↑ Application Status Search, ICANN.orgRetrieved 11 Sept 2013
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Did GMO Flunk Evaluation on 27 gTLDs? - Domain InciteRetrieved 11 Sept 2013
- ↑ GMO Registry Services