Page History
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- ICANN’s founding and New gTLD Program History
- Names Council approves new gTLDs launching proof of concept round (19 April 2000)
- Evaluation of the New gTLDs: Policy and Legal Issues (Summit Strategies, 10 July 2004)
- Sponsored Round applications and public comments, includes evaluation report of sponsored round (3 December 2005)
- Program History
- New gTLD Program: Benchmarking of Registry Operations (February 2010GNSO policy recommendations for adding new gTLDs (8 August 2007)
- Board adopts GNSO’s 19 policy recommendations (26 June 2008)
- Applicant Guidebook
- New gTLD Program and AGB approved (20 June 2011)
- NTIA letter to ICANN on AGB and competition issues in New gTLD Program (18 December 2008)
- New gTLD Program and AGB approved (20 June 2011)
- Applicant Guidebook
- New gTLD Program: Benchmarking of Registry Operations
- GNSO policy recommendations for adding new gTLDs (8 August 2007)
- Sponsored Round applications and public comments, includes evaluation report of sponsored round (3 December 2005)
- Evaluation of the New gTLDs: Policy and Legal Issues (Summit Strategies, 10 July 2004)
- Names Council approves new gTLDs launching proof of concept round (19 April 2000)
Application Processing and Contracting
- Application window opens (Announcement, 11 January 2012)
- Priority draw (Announcement, Draw held 17 December 2012)
- About IDNs (ICANN.org)
- About the New gTLD Program's objection process and contention resolution processes (ICANN.org)
- About new gTLD contracting (Base contract and other relevant documents, ICANN.org)
- FAQ about Spec 11 (PICs) (4 March 2013)
- About Spec 13 (.BRANDS) (Contracting & the Registry Agreement, ICANN.org)
- About Registry Operator Code of Conduct (Contracting & the Registry Agreement, ICANN.org)
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- Affirmation of Commitments
- 2007 GNSO Policy Recommendations
- Applicant Guidebook
- Base Registry Agreement2011 Board approval of AGB
- 2011 Board resolution approving the New gTLD Program
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