Introduction
A year ago, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers (ICANN) approved a program to expand the
Internet Domain Name system by introducing new generic Top Level
Domain Names (gTLD(s)).
ICANN accepted applications for new gTLDs from 12 January 2012
to30 May 2012. On Wednesday, it published a list of all gTLD
applications made during this period (together with the
applicants' names). This list can be accessed
here and includes a startling 1930 proposed gTLDs from 60
different countries, including many from Australia.
Due to the exceptionally large number of applications received,
ICANN will review the applications in batches of 500 applications
at a time. The gTLDs that successfully complete ICANN's review
will become new gTLDs, that is, new domain name extensions in the
domain name address system and should be ready for use by early
2013.
