By Yvette Miller
What are your New Year’s Resolutions?
As your wrap up your year, consider what you still need to do to prepare for 2014, when domain names in new gTLDs will begin to be sold to the general public.
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The march towards a dramatically different and expanded Internet will slow down for the next two weeks, though. Aside from maintaining the critical technical functions of the Internet, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is not expected to announce or execute any new developments until the New Year.
As of today, 201 Registry Agreements have been executed, 54 gTLDs have been delegated into the Root Zone, and 978 applicants have been invited to contract with ICANN – and that will be that until 2014.
For Your Radar
December 29: First Sunrise Period Ends (.SHABAKA)
January 24: First Donuts’ Sunrise Periods End
January 2014: ICANN Sends out Notifications of Intent for Auctions (Expected)
March 2014: First ICANN Auctions Begin (Expected)
March 23-27: ICANN 49 Singapore
Public Comment Periods:
December 27: Comment period closes on Whois Misuse
Jan 9: Comment period closes on the Specification 13 language for .BRAND applicants
Jan 31: Comment period closes on ICANN’s Draft Vision, Mission & Focus Areas for a Five-Year Strategic Plan
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