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ICANN Seeks Input on the Complete Draft Next Round Applicant Guidebook

30 May 2025

Today, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) opened a new Public Comment proceeding (the fifth and final in a series) to gather input from the ICANN community on the complete draft of the Applicant Guidebook for the New Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLD) Program: Next Round.

For more information and to participate in this proceeding, please visit this webpage.

Submissions Opening Date: Friday, 30 May 2025

Submissions Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 July 2025

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