The Directors of Top Level Domain Holdings (AIM:TLDH) are delighted to announce that its client, Dot Kiwi Limited, the owner of the top-level domain .kiwi, has passed the pre-delegation testing mandated by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”). The next and final step will be the insertion of .kiwi into the root zone of the Internet, at which point .kiwi will be live and operational. The technical infrastructure for .kiwi is operated by Minds + Machines, TLDH’s wholly-owned subsidiary.
The infrastructure tested for .kiwi is the same for most of the top-level domains operated by Minds + Machines and accordingly, the Directors now fully expect all of the Company’s top-level domain applications using that infrastructure to pass pre-delegation testing and proceed smoothly to delegation.
Antony Van Couvering, CEO of TLDH, said:
This is a moment for congratulating .kiwi, to recognize the hard work they have done, and to celebrate their imminent entry into the fraternity of operational top-level domains. We wish .kiwi the very best and look forward to the same results for our own top-level domains.
Tim Johnson, CEO of Dot Kiwi Limited, said:
We are thrilled to be just one short step away from going live. The Minds + Machines team have been instrumental in our preparations to date, and we look forward to their ongoing expertise in making .kiwi a global success.
For further information, please contact:
Top Level Domain Holdings Limited
North America
Antony Van Couvering
Tel: +1 917 406 7126
Beaumont Cornish Limited (Nomad)
Roland Cornish
Michael Cornish
Tel +44 (0) 20 7628 3396
N+1 Singer (Broker)
Matt Thomas
Tel +44 (0) 20 3205 7500
gth media relations
Toby Hall/Suzanne Johnson Walsh
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3103 3903/2
About Top Level Domain Holdings Limited
Top Level Domain Holdings is a publicly-traded holding company listed on the London AIM market. The company is focused on the new top-level domain space. Top-level domains, such as .com, run by VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN), and .biz, run by NeuStar (NYSE: NSR), are regulated by ICANN. ICANN has announced plans to expand the number of top-level domains. TLDH intends to make targeted investments in this space, focusing on both infrastructure technologies and specific top-level domains.
About Minds + Machines
Minds + Machines is a registry services provider that works internationally with commercial organisations, cities, not-for-profits, and entrepreneurs to secure and operate new web domains, known as top-level domains (TLDs). Minds and Machines Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Top Level Domains Holdings Limited.