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==Current Applicants==
==Current Applicants==
# [[STRAAT Investments]] (NU DOT CO LLC), the parent company of [[.co Internet]] is an applicant for the domain name string. It is one of the 13 new gTLDs applied for by the company with ICANN. [[Neustar]] has been selected by STRAAT Investments to provide back-end registry services for the TLD. <ref>
# [[STRAAT Investments]] (NU DOT CO LLC), the parent company of [[.co Internet]] is an applicant for the domain name string. It is one of the 13 new gTLDs applied for by the company with ICANN. [[Neustar]] has been selected by STRAAT Investments to provide back-end registry services for the TLD. <ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2012/06/12/parent-company-of-co-internet-applies-for-13-top-level-domains-heres-the-list/ Parent company of .Co Internet applies for 13 top level domains]. Domain Name Wire. Published 2012 June 12.</ref>
[http://domainnamewire.com/2012/06/12/parent-company-of-co-internet-applies-for-13-top-level-domains-heres-the-list/ Parent company of .Co Internet applies for 13 top level domains domainnamewire.com]</ref>
# [[myLTD GmbH]]
# [[myLTD GmbH]]
# [[LTD Registry, LLC]]
# [[LTD Registry, LLC]]
# [[C.V. TLDcare]]
# [[C.V. TLDcare]]
# [[Afilias]]
# [[Afilias]]
==Objections==
Jeff Bullock, the Secretary of State for Delaware, has raised concerns about new gTLD applications for [[.inc]], .corp, and [[.ltd]]. He believed that the applications do not adequately safeguard consumers, businesses, the public at large, state regulators, or the internet itself from the gTLDs being potentially used for fraudulent or misleading purposes.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/10553-delaware-secretary-of-state-opposes-any-corporate-themed-new-gtlds Delaware secretary of state opposes any corporate-themed new gTLDs]. Published 2012 September 21. Retrieved 2012 November 13.</ref> Delaware's lenient company laws make it the state US corporations are most registered in.
==References==
==References==