Page History
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New gTLD Program History, Development and Implementation
- New gTLD application status page
- ICANN’s founding and New gTLD Program History
- Base Registry Agreement
- Katz, Rosston, and Sullivan (December 2011), “Economic Considerations in the Expansion of Generic Top-Level Domain Names: Phase II Report: Case Studies," https://archive.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/phase-two-economic-considerations-03dec10-en.pdf
- Katz, Rosston, and Sullivan (June 2010), "An Economic Framework for the Analysis of the Expansion of Generic Top-Level Domain Names," https://archive.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/economic-analysis-of-new-gtlds-16jun10-en.pdf
- New gTLD Program: Benchmarking of Registry Operations (February 2010)
- Affirmation of Commitments (December 2009)
- Board adopts GNSO’s 19 policy recommendations (26 June 2008)
- Applicant Guidebook
- 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)
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Other Links and Background Materials
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- WHOIS Primer
- WHOIS Policy Review Team report
- Final Report of the Security, Stability, and Resiliency of the DNS Review Team (2012)
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