16 November 2009 ICANN is pleased to announce the launch of the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process. Non-English speakers across the globe will soon have access to the Internet addresses completely in their own language. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the organization charged with overseeing the Internet’s naming and numbering systems, […]
Posted on November 3, 2009, 3:28 am, by IDN News, under
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Seoul, Oct 26 Tina Dam Sr. Director, IDNs What is the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process • Process to introduce a limited number of IDN ccTLDs, that – are associated with ISO3166‐1 two‐letter codes – are comprised of non‐Latin characters – includes government and community support – represent country/territory names […]
Posted on October 31, 2009, 1:04 am, by IDN News, under
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Here at Seoul 36th ICANN Meeting, ICANN Board has just approved to Launch “IDN ccTLD Fast Track Program”. Application Period for IDN ccTLD Fast Track Program is going to be start on 16th Nov. The new rules for IDN Script are as follows: 1. the string must be a minimum of two characters long (U-label), […]
Seoul: The first Internet addresses containing non-Latin characters from start to finish will soon be online thanks to today’s approval of the new Internationalized Domain Name Fast Track Process by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers board. “The coming introduction of non-Latin characters represents the biggest technical change to the Internet since it […]
ICANN is pleased to announce the public posting of the Proposed Final Implementation Plan for the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process [PDF, 897K]. The IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process is an important step at making the Internet equally accessible for everyone. It will enable the introduction of a limited number of internationalized country-code top level […]
ICANN is pleased to provide the following status report on the progress of implementation of the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process. Overall, the implementation is tracking to the project plan and it is planned to be submitted to the Board during the ICANN meeting in Korea, Seoul, 26-30 October 2009. Discussion of the implementation plan […]
Posted on August 14, 2009, 4:22 am, by IDN News, under
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The IDNC working group, whose formation was approved by the ICANN Board during the ICANN meeting in Los Angeles, finished their recommendations to create a fast track approach to introduce a limited number of IDN ccTLDs. The IDNC working group final report was approved by the ICANN Board during the ICANN Paris meeting, where the […]
31 May 2009 Updated 4 June 2009 One more paper is being included in the Fast Track Implementation package, Cost Analysis of IDN ccTLDs: Focus on Program Development and Processing Costs [PDF, 148K]. This paper provides cost analyses of the IDN ccTLDs including the costs to process a request for a new IDN ccTLD as […]
Last year, ICANN sent letters to countries and territories informing them about the Fast Track process — where a limited number of internationalized domain names will be added to the Internet – and asked them to indicate their level of interest. This is an update on that process.
ICANN recently proposed (for public comment) a Draft Implementation Plan for the introduction of Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) on a limited basis for ccTLDs. The Plan follows the recommendations of the ICANN’s policy making supporting organizations and advisory committees. Those recommendations are available at http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/idnc-wg-board-proposal-25jun08.pdf [PDF, 101K]. Since the recent closure of the first public […]