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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"></span><em><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">June
13, 2012</span></b></em><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><em><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">For
Immediate Release</span></b></em><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center" align="center"><strong><span
style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">New
Top-Level Domain Name Applications Revealed </span></strong><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center" align="center"><strong><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Historic
Milestone for the Internet’s Domain Name System </span></strong><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center" align="center"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><em><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">London,
U.K…. </span></b></em><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
(ICANN) today revealed who has applied for which generic
Top-Level Domain (gTLD) names in what is expected to
become the largest expansion in the history of the
Internet’s Domain Name System.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">A
total of 1,930 new gTLD applications were received during
the application period of the new generic Top-Level Domain
program.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">“We
are standing at the cusp of a new era of online
innovation,” said Rod Beckstrom, President and Chief
Executive Officer. “That means new businesses, new
marketing tools, new jobs, and new ways to link
communities and share information.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Beckstrom
made the comments during a London news conference, where
it was revealed which organizations have applied for which
specific domain names.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Senior
Vice President Kurt Pritz noted that the applications will
now be subject to a public comment and objection period,
and a rigorous, objective and independent evaluation
system.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">“A
60-day comment period begins today, allowing anyone in the
world to submit comments on any application, and the
evaluation panels will consider them,” said Pritz. “If
anyone objects to an application and believes they have
the grounds to do so, they can file a formal objection to
the application. And they will have seven months to do
that.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Of
the 1,930 applications received:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">66
are geographic name applications.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">116
applications are for Internationalized Domain Names, or
IDNs, for strings in scripts such as Arabic, Chinese,
and Cyrillic. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Applications
were received from 60 countries and territories, broken
down by ICANN’s geographic regions;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1
level1 lfo2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">911
from North America.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1
level1 lfo2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">675
from Europe.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1
level1 lfo2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">303
are from Asia-Pacific.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1
level1 lfo2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">24
from Latin America and the Caribbean.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1
level1 lfo2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">17
from Africa.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Beckstrom
noted that the applications from Latin America/Caribbean
and Africa would be the first gTLDs ever from those
regions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">He
also pointed out that the new gTLD program is the result
of seven years of international consultation and debate
among a wide variety of Internet stakeholders.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center" align="center"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">###<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">To
see who has applied for which generic Top-Level Domain, go
here: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results">http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">To
post comments on applications, go here:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-comments">http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-comments</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">To
file an objection, go here:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/objection-dispute-resolution">http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/objection-dispute-resolution</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">To
obtain background information on the new generic Top-Level
Domain program, go here:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><a
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href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/kits/reveal-day-13jun12-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/kits/reveal-day-13jun12-en.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">For
information on ICANN’s geographic regions, go here:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.icann.org/en/resources/policy/background/geo-regions">http://archive.icann.org/en/meetings/montreal/geo-regions-topic.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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White<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Director
of Global Media Affairs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Tel. +1 202.570.7118<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Andrew
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Edelman
Public Relations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">James
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">ICANN<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Washington,
D.C.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Tel.
+1 202.570.7240<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><strong><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">About
ICANN: </span></strong><em><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">ICANN’s
mission is to ensure a stable, secure and unified global
Internet. To reach another person on the Internet you
have to type an address into your computer - a name or a
number. That address has to be unique so computers know
where to find each other. ICANN coordinates these unique
identifiers across the world. Without that coordination
we wouldn't have one global Internet. ICANN was formed
in 1998. It is a not-for-profit public-benefit
corporation with participants from all over the world
dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and
interoperable. It promotes competition and develops
policy on the Internet’s unique identifiers. ICANN
doesn’t control content on the Internet. It cannot stop
spam and it doesn’t deal with access to the Internet.
But through its coordination role of the Internet’s
naming system, it does have an important impact on the
expansion and evolution of the Internet.</span></em><strong><i><span
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