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ICANN'sBoardofDirectorshasapprovedaplantousherinoneofthebiggestchangesevertotheInternet'sDomainNameSystembyapprovingtheintroductionofNewTopLevelDomainsandtheapplicantguideboo

.TheBoardvotewas13approving,1opposed,and2abstaining.

Duringaspecialmeeting,theBoardapprovedaplantodramaticallyincreasethenumberofInternetdomainnameendings--calledgenerictop-leveldomains(gTLDs)--fromthecurrent22,whichincludessuchfamiliardomainsas.com,.organd.net.

"ICANNhasopenedtheInternet'snamingsystemtounleashtheglobalhumanimagination.Today'sdecisionrespectstherightsofgroupstocreatenewTopLevelDomainsinanylanguageorscript.Wehopethisallowsthedomainnamesystemtobetterserveallofman

ind,"saidRodBec

strom,PresidentandChiefExecutiveOfficerofICANN.

NewTLDswillchangethewaypeoplefindinformationontheInternetandhowbusinessesplanandstructuretheironlinepresence.Internetaddressnameswillbeabletoendwithalmostanywordinanylanguage,offeringorganizationsaroundtheworldtheopportunitytomar ettheirbrand,products,communityorcauseinnewandinnovativeways.

"Today'sdecisionwillusherinanewInternetage,"saidPeterDengateThrush,ChairmanofICANN'sBoardofDirectors."Wehaveprovidedaplatformforthe

nextgenerationofcreativityandinspiration."

ThedecisiontoproceedwiththegTLDprogramfollowsmanyyearsofdiscussion,debateanddeliberationwiththeInternetcommunity,businessgroupsandgovernments.TheApplicantGuideboo

,aruleboo

explaininghowtoapplyforanewgTLD,wentthroughsevensignificantrevisionstoincorporatemorethan1,000commentsfromthepublic.Strongeffortsweremadetoaddresstheconcernsofallinterestedparties,andtoensurethatthesecurity,stabilityandresiliencyoftheInternetarenotcompromised.

ICANNwillsoonbeginaglobalcampaigntotelltheworldaboutthisdramaticchangeinInternetnamesandtoraiseawarenessoftheopportunitiesaffordedbynewgTLDs.ApplicationsfornewgTLDswillbeacceptedfrom12January2012to12

April2012.

WhatwillbeGermany'snextTopLevelDomains?Strong,well-builtandintelligentcandidatesenterthenextround:

.berlin

.bayern

.saarland

.nrw

.

oeln

.munich/.muenchen

.hamburg

.gmbh

.film

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.reise

.versicherung

Wewill

nowmoreat12thApril,whohassurvivedthisround.

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