.global

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Status:	Proposed
country:	International
Type:	Generic TLD
Category:	Technology

.global is a proposed new generic top level domain name gTLD to ICANN's New gTLD Program.

Applicant

• CloudNames, a Norwegian gTLD consultancy and management services company is an applicant for the TLD. The company aims to use the .global string as a preferred alternative for the .com TLD to enable corporations and organizations market their products and services globally to consumers. CloudNames partnered with Afilias to serve as its back-end registry service provider to ensure the security of the .cloud domain names space by implementing DNSSEC, the latest DNS security protocol. Rolf Larsen is the CEO of the company.