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Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)!

+ Dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable

+ Formed in 1998 as a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation

+ Follows multistakeholder model

A Changing World!The Challenges New gTLDs Address!

IPV6! Volume of Digital Data !

Regionalization!Localization !

New generic Top-Level Domains!

+  Change the Internet as we know it +  Protect rights holders and companies +  Enhance competition, innovation and choice

Internet of Things !

What is the New gTLD Program?!

security & stability Managed by ICANN = multistakeholder input

Internationalized Domain Names and non Latin-based characters

innovation

global restructuring largest-ever expansion of the Domain Name System

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Choice

Innovation

Competition

What are the benefits?!+ Enhance competition, innovation and choice

in the domain name space

+ Increase competition among current Registries, Registrars

+ Allow new companies to enter the market

+ Greater diversity in global regions participating

+ Enhanced security

Rights Protection Mechanisms: Trademark Clearinghouse, Uniform Rapid Suspension, Post-Delegation Dispute Resolution Procedures

Emergency Back-End Registry Operator (EBERO)

Data Escrow Pre-Delegation Testing

Reserved Names

DNS Security (DNSSEC)

Scan of the TLD Zone for Malware

Service Level  Agreement (SLA) Monitoring

Abuse Contact Malicious Use of Orphan Glue Records

Wildcard Protection

Business Continuity

Internal Name Issue Mitigation

Name Collision Occurrence Mitigation

New safeguards built into the new gTLD Program:

How will ICANN protect the security & stability of New gTLDs?!

911 North America

24 South America

17 Africa

303 Asia Pacific

675 Europe

total number of applications received!1930 !

* Applied-for strings revealed in 2012

Middle East > Applications!

United Arab Emirates Turkey Qatar Saudi Arabia Bahrain Egypt Kuwait Iraq

active applications from entities based in Middle East 61!34 10 5 4 3 2 2 1

* Statistics as of 31 January 2014

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Middle East > TLD Languages!

applications for Arabic gTLDs 9!applications for Latin script gTLDs(all English language) 52!

Second-Level Domain name registration live on an Arabic, IDN generic Top-Level Domain 1!

Of the 61 Middle-East-based applications:

New gTLD Program status!

Active applications

Contracts signed (Registry Agreements)

1,789 !

271!

New gTLDs delegated into Internet 122!

* Statistics as of 31 January 2014

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な .онлайн .сайт !"""""""#$. .ACADEMY .AGENCY .BARGAINS .BERLIN .BIKE .BOUTIQUE .BUILD .BUILDERS .BUZZ .CAB .CAMERA .CAMP .CAREERS .CENTER .CEO .CHEAP .CLOTHING .CLUB .CODES .COFFEE .COMMUNITY .COMPANY .COMPUTER .CONSTRUCTION .CONTRACTORS .COOL .DANCE .DATING .DEMOCRAT .DIAMONDS .DIRECTORY .DOMAINS .EDUCATION .EMAIL .ENTERPRISES .EQUIPMENT .ESTATE .EXPERT .FARM .FLORIST .GALLERY .GIFT .GLASS .GRAPHICS .GUITARS .GURU .HOLDINGS .HOLIDAY .HOUSE .IMMOBILIEN .INSTITUTE .INTERNATIONAL .KAUFEN .KIM .KITCHEN .KIWI .LAND .LIGHTING .LIMO .LINK .LUXURY .MANAGEMENT .MARKETING .MENU .MODA .MONASH .NAGOYA .NINJA .ONL .PHOTO .PHOTOGRAPHY .PHOTOS .PICS .PINK .PLUMBING .RECIPES .RED .REPAIR .RICH .RUHR .SEXY .SHIKSHA .SHOES .SINGLES .SOCIAL .SOLAR .SOLUTIONS .SUPPORT .SYSTEMS .TATTOO .TECHNOLOGY .TIENDA .TIPS .TOKYO .TODAY .TOOLS .TRAINING .UNO .VENTURES .VIAJES .VOTING .VOYAGE .WANG .WATCH .WED .WIEN .WORKS .ZONE

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.MONASH

.WIEN

.BIKE

.RECIPES

.CEO

100+!New gTLDs!Delegated!

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What’s next for new gTLDs?!+ Onward, responsibly -  The Global Domains Division of ICANN continues to

move applicants through the New gTLD Program, while ensuring new Registries meet their commitments to trademark holders

+ Singapore -  The next ICANN meeting will be held in Singapore,

23-27 March 2014. Join us! •  Meeting Website: http://singapore49.icann.org •  Travel Support Available:

http://www.icann.org/en/news/in-focus/travel-support

Thank You!!