.bar
| Status: | Proposed |
| Registry: | Punto 2012 |
| Registry Backend: | CentralNic |
| Type: | Geographical TLD |
| Category: | Food & Drink Culture |
| Priority #: | 230 - Punto 2012 Sociedad Anonima de Capital Variable 1689 - Demand Media (United TLD Holdco Ltd.) |
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.bar is a proposed domain name string to ICANN's New gTLD Program.[1] This string, applied for by two applicants as a generic application, was deemed a Geographic TLD by ICANN's Geographic Names Panel, referring to a commune in Montenegro. Geo TLDs must have government support in order to pass evaluation and proceed towards delegation.[2]
Current Applicants
- Demand Media (United TLD|United TLD Holdco Ltd.), this one of the 26 gTLDs applied for by the company. [3] This applicant submitted a Public Interest Commitment, which can be downloaded here.
- Punto 2012 Sociedad Anonima de Capital Variable, applied for the string as geographical TLD for the city of Barcelona. They have contracted CentralNic as their technical provider.
Objection
Saudi Arabia's Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) filed an objection against the TLD.[4]