(zh-TW .Asia 今獲ICANN通過, 近期簽約) See ICANN Oct-18 solution notes:
sTLD Agreement with .ASIA (DotAsia Organisation Limited)
Whereas, on 4 December 5, 2005, the board authorized the President and General Counsel to enter into negotiations relating to proposed commercial and technical terms for the .ASIA sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) with the applicant, DotAsia Organisation Limited,
Whereas, on 18 July, 2006, ICANN announced that negotiations with the applicant for the .ASIA sponsored top-level domain had been successfully completed, and posted the proposed .ASIA sponsored TLD registry agreement on the ICANN website,
Whereas, the Board has determined that approval of the agreement, and delegation of a .ASIA sponsored top-level domain to DotAsia Organisation Limited would be beneficial for ICANN and the Internet community, Resolved (06.___), the proposed agreement with DotAsia Organisation Limited concerning the .ASIA sTLD is approved, and the President is authorized to take such actions as appropriate to implement the agreement.
It's a milestone for Internet development in Asia. It is a first Asia-based gTLD (generic Top-Level Domain, e.g. .com/.net/.org -like extensions). It is a non-profit joint ventures among major ccTLD (country code Top-Level Domain) operators in this region. CNNIC (.cn), JPRS (.jp), NIDA (.kr), TWNIC (.tw) have representatives in initial DotAsia board. APNIC, the IP resource management entity for Asia ISPs, has been very supportive to this initiative since day one. Having said so, it's really a pan-Asia effort, with a clear goal of developing better Internet infrastructure for Asia.
Generally speaking, it took 2 1/2 year for DotAsia team to persuade ICANN community to accept our proposal. At the end of last year, we're given a green light, meaning ICANN was willing to evaluate our technical and commercial capabilities. On June this year, the evaluation was completed, and we began to negotiate the registry agreement. This morning ICANN board approved this agreement. It means that, if nothing went wrong, within a one-year time frame (or maybe sooner), anyone (with a proof of presence in Asia) can buy a .asia name from ICANN accredited registrars.
It's been a three year process. Long, challenging, but a great experience to me. I did learn a lot from the launching team, Che-Hoo, Edmon, Leona, and from ICANN community, our members, supporters, and critics. In the next few months we will work closely, with our board members, to setup the operation. Meanwhile we will seek for assistance from governments about reserved names (country/ territory / city names, state-owned trademarks).
So the real work starts today!
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