APRIL 12, 2005

ICANN Adds .jobs & .travel

by John Tilak

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has announced the designation of two new sponsored top-level domains (sTLDs), .jobs and .travel. The ICANN Board approved the designation. The announcement is the result of an independent evaluation and contract negotiation process for these two sponsored top-level domains that was outlined in an ICANN request that solicited proposals for new registries.

The new registry operators are Employ Media and Tralliance.

As the process for selecting new sponsored top level domain (sTLDs) continues from a pool of ten applications, ICANN has entered into commercial and technical negotiations with the following additional candidate registries, .cat, .post and .mobi. Discussions continue among ICANN’s board and staff regarding the evaluation of five additional proposed sponsored top level domains (sTLDs) .asia, .mail, .tel, .tel and .xxx.