Marina del Rey, California… ICANN has set April 30th as its target date to release the list of applications for new generic top-level domains, specifying who has applied for which domain names.
"Our plan always has been to publish the list of applied-for strings approximately two weeks after the close of the April 12th application window," said Rod Beckstrom, President and CEO of ICANN. "Setting a target date gives people the opportunity to plan for this highly anticipated event."
Beckstrom also noted that if ICANN receives an overwhelming number of applications to process, publication of the list of strings could be postponed.
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To learn more about the new generic Top-Level Domain program, go here: http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/customer-service/faqs/faqs-en
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