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During its first quarter earnings report, on April 26, 2012, it was confirmed that Verisign would be applying for 14 new gTLDs, 12 of which are foreign language transliterations of .com and .net. They also announced that they had been contracted by 220 new gTLD applicants to provide technical backend services.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/breaking-verisign-has-220-new-gtld-clients/ Breaking: Verisign has 220 new gTLD clients, domainincite.com]</ref><ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2012/04/26/verisign-is-backend-for-220-new-tld-applicants-and-applies-for-14-itself/ VeriSign is backend for 220 new TLD applicants and applies for 14 itself, domainnamewire.com]</ref> They were the 4th most popular registry services provider, and had been contracted by a total of 12% of applicants.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/9442-the-registry-back-end-market-numbers-are-in The Registry Back end Market Numbers are In, DomainIncite.com]</ref>
During its first quarter earnings report, on April 26, 2012, it was confirmed that Verisign would be applying for 14 new gTLDs, 12 of which are foreign language transliterations of .com and .net. They also announced that they had been contracted by 220 new gTLD applicants to provide technical backend services.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/breaking-verisign-has-220-new-gtld-clients/ Breaking: Verisign has 220 new gTLD clients, domainincite.com]</ref><ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2012/04/26/verisign-is-backend-for-220-new-tld-applicants-and-applies-for-14-itself/ VeriSign is backend for 220 new TLD applicants and applies for 14 itself, domainnamewire.com]</ref> They were the 4th most popular registry services provider, and had been contracted by a total of 12% of applicants.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/9442-the-registry-back-end-market-numbers-are-in The Registry Back end Market Numbers are In, DomainIncite.com]</ref>
In November, 2012, the three entities most responsible for the Internet's [[Root Zone]], [[ICANN]], [[NTIA]], and Verisign, confirmed that they were prepared with enough resources to launch up to 100 new gTLDs per week.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/10961-icann-verisign-and-ntia-ready-for-100-new-gtlds-per-week ICANN Verisign and Ntia Ready for 100 New gTLDs per week, DomainIncite.com]</ref>
===Trademark Clearinghouse Model===
===Trademark Clearinghouse Model===
In October, 2012 a coalition of the world's most prominent registries, [[Neustar]], [[ARI Registry Services]], Verisign and [[Demand Media]] jointly proposed two models for the mandatory new gTLD Sunrise period and Trademark Claims service involved in the [[Trademark Clearinghouse]] that differ from ICANN’s. To excerpt their letter:
In October, 2012 a coalition of the world's most prominent registries, [[Neustar]], [[ARI Registry Services]], Verisign and [[Demand Media]] jointly proposed two models for the mandatory new gTLD Sunrise period and Trademark Claims service involved in the [[Trademark Clearinghouse]] that differ from ICANN’s. To excerpt their letter: