[AfrICANN-discuss] ccTLDs in the news

[Anne-Rachel Inné]

.Co and Other Commercialized ccTLDs Hit New York
Times<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://domainnamewire.com/2011/02/06/co-and-other-commercialized-cctlds-hit-new-york-times/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoATAAOABA4dm_6gRIAVgBYgJlbg&cd=Z-yt3qXtpkI&usg=AFQjCNEJKCmQrGTJizcAy4yoSz2V1Af3mg>
Domain Name Wire
The New York Times published an article today about the commercialization of
*country code top level domain names*. Colombia's .co will get major
attention *...*
Countries cash in on short Web
addresses<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.stltoday.com/news/science/tech/article_34c4bcac-3275-11e0-826a-0017a4a78c22.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoATABOAFA4dm_6gRIAVgBYgJlbg&cd=Z-yt3qXtpkI&usg=AFQjCNH0j9Y6Cq6rxgRIC4KUVz06XlEF4g>
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
To prevent that, the operators of a new *top*-*level* domain like ".co" are
now *...* While some of the companies selling *country code domain
names*play down
*...*
Internationalized *Domain Names* – Will We
Experience?<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://propakistani.pk/2011/02/07/internationalized-domain-names-will-we-experience/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoATACOAJA4dm_6gRIAVgBYgJlbg&cd=Z-yt3qXtpkI&usg=AFQjCNFHPhra078OtMGymxXQAtxPYoqZhw>
ProPakistani.pk
Present *domain name* architecture is based on ASCII characters (the English
*...* .org and *country code Top Level* Domains (ccTLDs) such as .au, .uk,
.pk name *...*
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