ICANN : Introduction of Two-Character Domains for .Luxury, .Wang, .Pizza, .Restaurant, .Gift anf 29 other TLDs

Seven (7) Registry Services Evaluation Process (RSEP) requests were submitted by the registry operators listed below to allow the introduction of two-character domain names for the below TLDs. In total, the requests concern 34 New gTLDs.

 

Proposal     TLD     Registry Name     Documents
2014039     Multiple TLDs*     Top Level Domain Holdings Limited     Top Level Domain Holdings Limited Request 21 July 2014
2014037     xn--55qx5d
xn--io0a7i     Computer Network Information Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences     Computer Network Information Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences (China Internet Network Information Center) Request 17 July 2014 [PDF, 16 KB]
2014035     pizza
restaurant
gifts
sarl     Binky Lake LLC     Binky Lake, LLC Request 11 July 2014 [PDF, 16 KB]
2014034     ren     Beijing Qianxiang Wangjing Technology Development Co., Ltd.     Beijing Qianxiang Wangjing Technology Development Co., Ltd. Request 11 July 2014 [PDF, 15 KB]
2014031     build     Plan Bee, LLC     Plan Bee, LLC Request 10 July 2014 [PDF, 18 KB]
2014029     wang
xn--3bSt00M
xn--6qQ986B3xL
xn--czRu2D
xn--45Q11C     Zodiac Registry Limited     Zodiac Registry Limited Request 30 June 2014 [PDF, 15 KB]
2014028     luxury     Luxury Partners, LLC     Luxury Partners, LLC Request 27 June 2014 [PDF, 18 KB]

*Note:  Top Level Domain Holdings Limited has submitted one RSEP request for 20 gTLDs.

As part of these requests, each registry operator described which two-character domain names for which it would offer these registrations. These RSEP requests were posted for public information on the Registry Service Evaluation Process webpage, available at https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/rsep-2014-02-19-en.

As required by the Registry Services Evaluation Policy, ICANN has undertaken a preliminary determination on whether the proposals might raise significant competition, security or stability issues. ICANN’s preliminary review (based on the information provided) did not identify any such issues for these requests.

Implementation of the proposal would require amendments to the Exhibit A, Approved Services of the respective Registry Agreements, which are being posted for public comment.

This announcement was sourced from :

https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-07-23-en