.data
| Status: | Proposed |
| Registry: | Dish DBS Corporation |
| Registry Backend: | Afilias |
| Type: | Generic |
| Category: | Technology |
.data is a proposed TLD in ICANN's New gTLD Program.
Current Applicants
- Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd.- It is one of 68 applications that the company has filed on its own behalf.[1]
- Donuts (Romeo Birch, LLC), Donuts formed different companies to submits each of its application for 307 new gTLDs. [2]
- Dish DBS Corporation- The company runs the Dish Network Television Service in the United States.[3]
Dish DBS Corporation
The application from Dish DBS Corporation was issued a GAC Early Warning from the representative of Australia and GAC Chair, Heather Dryden. 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.[4]
The warning states that the applicant is "seeking exclusive access to a common generic string .. that relates to a broad market sector," which Ms. Dryden notes could have unintended consequences and a negative impact on competition.[5]
References
- ↑ gTLD Application Update 92 applications submitted, TLDH.org
- ↑ Donuts Inc eye popping list of 307 new top-level domains
- ↑ Company Overview
- ↑ GAC Early Warning, NewgTLDS.ICANN.org Retrieved 25 Nov 2012
- ↑ Data AU, GACWeb.ICANN.orgRetrieved 25 Nov 2012