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ICANN to start accepting applications for new web domain names

12 January 2012 09:31 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA-Economics. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, will begin accepting applications for new generic top-level domain names tomorrow, InternetRetailer reported.

Businesses and communities can file an application with ICANN, which manages the web addressing system, for nearly every word in any language or character set for use as a top-level domain. A top-level domain is the term that follows the final period in a web address, such as .com, .org and .gov.

ICANN says the fee to apply for a top-level domain name runs $185,000, and it will accept applications starting tomorrow through Apr. 12. Each application review is expected to take several months, ICANN says.

Applications that pass ICANNâ€™s initial review, which includes conducting criminal background checks on all officers of applying companies, will then be open for public review and comment for seven months. Anyone can file a formal objection for an ICANN panel to review in making its final decision.