TLDH Applauds ICANN’s Creation of Internationalized New Top-Level Domains
Authorization of non-Latin top-level domains by ICANN will allow billions to use the Internet in their own language; new plan could kick-start ICANN’s authorization of new web addresses in all languages.
November 7, 2009 – London – In a move widely regarded as a necessary prerequisite to a broad introduction of new top-level domains, the Board of Directors of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has authorized the creation of new top-level domains (TLDs), or web addresses, in non-Latin scripts. For the first time ever, countries around the world can create their own top-level domain – the equivalent to .com, .net, or .uk – without using the Roman alphabet.
The decision was celebrated in Seoul, South Korea, where domain name industry participants gathered for ICANN’s 36th meeting. The meeting also produced some notable progress toward authorizing new top-level domains, such as .MUSIC or .BLOG, in any alphabet. (more…)
