ICANN Approves Non-Latin Characters for Domain Names: Applications Start Nov 16, 2009

November 6, 2009

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has announced that it will move forward with the “internationalization” of domain names, by allowing domains that use non-latin characters, such as chinese characters or arabic script.

ICANN will begin accepting applications in the “fast track” process starting November 16, 2009 at 00:00 UTC.

ICANN recently concluded a meeting in Korea (October 26-October 30, 2009) during which the ICANN Board approved the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process.

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According to ICANN, “The IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process will enable countries and territories that use languages based on scripts other than Latin to offer their users domain names in non-Latin characters. These IDN ccTLDs will be available only to the governments and administrations of countries and territories listed in the ISO 3166-1 standard, or their designated representatives or operators. There is a number of string requirements for IDN ccTLDs to be delegated through the process, one of which is demonstration that the IDN ccTLD constitute a meaningful representation of the corresponding country or territory name.”