Jan
Land Rush for New .asia Domains
ICANN, (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) has now signed off on the .asia registry agreement, so Asian/Pacific region businesses will be able to register a .asia domain extension. The top level domain registry will be managed by the DotAsia Organization (dotasia.org).
The DotAsia Organisation is a Hong Kong based not-for-profit community-based organisation, with surplus profits for the benefit of the community in the region.
The landrush phase for registrations commences on February 20, 2008 and concludes on March 12, with start of normal First-Come-First-Served registration process scheduled for March 26, 2008. During the Landrush phase anyone can apply for any available .Asia domain. Domain names receiving more than one application during the Landrush period will be auctioned between the applicants’ Names consisting of common terms are expected to generate the most competitive bidding.
