[council] Governments and Country-Code Managers' Interest in the Fast Track Process
Glen de Saint Géry
Glen at icann.org
Wed Feb 11 11:34:10 UTC 2009
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Governments and Country-Code Managers' Interest in the Fast Track Process
10 February 2009
Last year, ICANN sent letters to countries and territories informing them about the Fast Track process — where a limited number of internationalized domain names will be added to the Internet – and asked them to indicate their level of interest. This is an update on that process.
A total of 252 letters were sent to national governments, and copied to country code top-level domain managers. So far we have received 74 responses and a small number of respondents requested confidentiality.
Out of these (not counting confidential requests), 31 said they were interested in participating in the Fast Track process, representing a total of 15 different languages. The remaining expressed they were not interested in participating at this time or indicated that they would not be eligible to obtain an IDN ccTLD under the process. (It should be noted that it is not a requirement to reply to the letter in order for a country or territory to take participation in the Fast Track process.)
Below this announcement is an updated overview of all non-confidential responses to date.
The actual strings that the respondents are interested in obtaining have not been duplicated below but they can be seen by clicking the link to the PDFs for the actual replies.
Receiving the information about the anticipated number of requests in the Fast Track Process along with the language specifics is very helpful in planning for implementation of the Fast Track Process. ICANN would like to thank those respondents for providing this information.
If you have any questions concerning the information contained in this announcement please email ICANN at: idn-cctld-rfi at icann.org<mailto:idn-cctld-rfi at icann.org>
Related links
Sample letter sent to all governments and ccTLD registries
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-02oct08-en.htm
Earlier announcement on responses received
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-01nov08-en.htm
For more details about the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process:
http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/
Responses from National Government:
Country
Interest in obtaining and IDN ccTLD
during the Fast Track Process
If the IDN ccTLD string is unknown,
is the script and languages known?
Anticipated time-
frame for launch
Yes
No
Language
Script
ANGUILLA<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/gov-anguilla.pdf>
x
English
ASCII Codes
ARMENIA
x
BARBADOS<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/gov-barbados.pdf>
x
BHUTAN
x
1-year
BOLIVIA<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/gov-bolivia.pdf>
x
Spanish
1/2-year
BRASIL<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/gov-brasil.pdf>
x
BULGARIA<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/gov-bulgaria.pdf>
x
Bulgarian
Cyrillic
mid-2009
CAYMAN ISLANDS <http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/gov-cayman-islands.pdf>
x
DENMARK<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/gov-denmark.pdf>
x
EGYPT <http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/gov-egypt.pdf>
x
Arabic
Arabic
6-months
FINLAND<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/gov-finland.pdf>
x
GREECE<http://www.icann.org/correspondence/anastasopoulos-to-twomey-28jul08.pdf>
x
Greek
Greek
JAPAN<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/gov-japan.pdf>
x
about 1-year
JORDAN<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/gov-jordan.pdf>
x
1/2-year; by Q1 2009
KOREA (REP. OF) <http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/gov-korea-rep.pdf>
x
Korean
Hangeul
6-months - 1-year
LAO P.D.R<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/gov-lao-pdr.pdf>.
x
Laotian
mid-2010
LIECHTENSTEIN<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/gov-liechtenstein.pdf>
x
LITHUANIA<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/gov-lithuania.pdf>
x
NETHERLANDS<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/gov-netherlands.pdf>
x
NORWAY<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/gov-norway.pdf>
x
MEXICO<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/gov-mexico.pdf>
x
Spanish
Latin
MONGOLIA<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/gov-mongolia.pdf>
x
Mongolian
3-months
MOROCCO <http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/gov-morocco.pdf>
x
Arabic
Arabic
18-months
NEW ZEALAND
x
NIUE<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/gov-niue-island.pdf>
x
PAKISTAN<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/gov-pakistan.pdf>
x
PITCAIRN<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/gov-pitcairn-islands.pdf>
x
RUSSIAN FEDERATION<http://www.icann.org/correspondence/shchegolev-to-twomey-19jun08.pdf>
x
Russian
Cyrillic
ready
SAUDI ARABIA <http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/gov-saudi-arabia.pdf>
x
SINGAPORE<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/gov-singapore.pdf>
x
Chinese, Malay, Tamil
SLOVAK REPUBLIC <http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/gov-slovak-republic.pdf>
x
SWEDEN<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/gov-sweden.pdf>
x
Yiddish
ready
TONGA<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/gov-tonga.pdf>
x
Tongan
Roman
TUNISIA<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/gov-tunisia.pdf>
x
Arabic
1/2-year
TURKEY<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/gov-turkey.pdf>
x
Turkish
Latin w/extensions
6-months
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES <http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/gov-united-arab-emirates.pdf>
x
2nd half of '09
UNITED STATES<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/gov-united-states.pdf>
x
Responses from ccTLD Operators:
Country
Interest in obtaining and IDN ccTLD
during the Fast Track Process
If the IDN ccTLD string is unknown,
is the script and languages known?
Anticipated
timeframe for launch
Yes
No
Language
Script
ALGERIA
x
ANDORRA<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/cctld-andorre.pdf>
x
Catalan
ARMENIA<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/cctld-armenia.pdf>
x
AUSTRIA<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/cctld-austria.pdf>
x
German
ASCII
2-years
BRASIL<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/cctld-brasil.pdf>
x
BULGARIA<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/cctld-bulgaria.pdf>
x
Bulgarian
Cyrillic
immediately
CHILE<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/cctld-chile.pdf>
x
CHINA<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/cctld-china.pdf>
x
COSTA RICA <http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/cctld-costa-rica.pdf>
x
CROATIA<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/cctld-croatia.pdf>
x
CZECH REPUBLIC<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/cctld-czech-republic.pdf>
x
GUADELOUPE<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/cctld-guadeloupe.pdf>
x
IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/cctld-iran.pdf>
x
Persian(Farsi)
ready
ISRAEL<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/cctld-israel.pdf>
x
Hebrew
up to 6-months
KENYA<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/cctld-kenya.pdf>
x
English
Latin
LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/cctld-libya.pdf>
x
1-year
LITHUANIA<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/cctld-lithuania.pdf>
x
LUXEMBOURG<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/cctld-luxembourg.pdf>
x
MONGOLIA<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/cctld-mongolia.pdf>
x
Mongolian
3-months
NETHERLANDS<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/cctld-netherlands.pdf>
x
NEW ZEALAND <http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/cctld-new-zealand.pdf>
x
PANAMA<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/cctld-panama.pdf>
x
ROMANIA<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/cctld-romania.pdf>
x
Romanian
Latin
N/A
RUSSIAN FEDERATION<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/cctld-russian-federation.pdf>
x
Russian
end 2008
SRI LANKA <http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/cctld-sri-lanka.pdf>
x
Sinhala, Tamil
Sinhala, Tamil
Dec '08
SWEDEN<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/cctld-sweden.pdf>
x
Yiddish
ready
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC <http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/cctld-syria.pdf>
x
Arabic
Arabic
6-months
THAILAND<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/cctld-thailand.pdf>
x
Thai
6-12 months
TUNISIA<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/interest/cctld-tunisia.pdf>
x
Arabic
1/2-year
Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org
http://gnso.icann.org
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