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Some
of these new geo TLDs, like the one that
has the honor of being the first of its
kind to enter general availability -
.BERLIN - will be limited to
businesses and citizens (or those who
serve them) with local contact
information. Starting tomorrow (Tuesday,
March 18, 2014) |
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Hakan
Ali
Founder & CMO, InterNetX |
Berlin
oriented organizations and individuals can freely
register domains representing Germany's
capital city - a thriving metropolis of 3.4
million people.
Hakan
Ali, founder and CMO of InterNetX,
a leading international registrar that is
based in Germany, believes .BERLIN
will be a big hit thanks to the
city's creativity and broad range of
startup companies (well over 500 at
last count). Ali noted, "Berlin is the hub of the innovative German IT scene and
is an
internationally known brand. Even during the pre-registration phase, .BERLIN was one of the most popular TLDs
among the hundreds of new
endings."
The idea of
a top-level domain devoted to the German capital has been on the table
since
1999. However, it would be another 13 years
before ICANN announced an application process
that opened the door for a huge wave of
new gTLDs. In January 2012, dotBerlin GmbH submitted the application for
.BERLIN and on January 8, 2014 www.nic.berlin launched as the first page with a .BERLIN ending. This was
followed by a Sunrise period for trademark
holders, and now, starting tomorrow,
.BERLIN registrations open to all
Berliners. |
