You are here: silicon.com > Networks > WebWatch

WebWatch

Icann gives green light to .travel and .jobs

New top level domains ready to go

Tags: top level domain, icann

By Rupert Goodwins

Published: 12 April 2005 10:35 GMT

Icann, the group in charge of regulating top level domain (TLD) names, has approved two new TLDs — .jobs and .travel — to come on stream later this year.

At the 22nd Icann International Conference in Mar del Plata, Argentina, on Friday, the organisation approved Tralliance to operate the .travel domain and Employ Media to operate .jobs. Registration for both domains will start in a couple of months, and both should be live by the end of 2005. Prices have yet to be decided.

Tralliance, a private company set up to operate the .travel domain, said that it would work in conjunction with The Travel Partnership Corporation (TTPC), which brings together more than 100 international travel trade associations. Registrants will be limited to bona fide travel companies who already have an internet presence under their own names.

Employ Media, also a private company set up to operate its domain, will work with the US Society for Human Resource Management. It will promote the .jobs domain to companies looking for workers, with the intention that they add a .jobs employment site to their existing web presence. Recruitment agencies will also be able to register. Employ Media said that it intends to change its name to .jobs during the run-up to the domain going live.

Icann, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, has ten applications on the go for other top-level domains, and is currently in talks with groups wanting to offer .cat, .post and .mobi domains, the organisation said in a press release. Others being examined include .asia, .tel and .xxx. Icann has also approved Mauritius-based AfriNIC as the regional internet registry for Africa.

Rupert Goodwins writes for ZDNet UK.

  1. Zones
  2. Management
  3. Networks
  4. Software
  5. IT Services
  6. Hardware
  1. Verticals
  2. Public Sector
  3. Financial Services
  4. Retail & Leisure
Read and write about internet access at the airports of the world at atlarge.com. Rate airports, and see what others have to say...

Peter Cochrane Peter Cochrane's Blog: How the telcos could save themselves Doomed network operators could thrive with a bit of innovation

Peter Cochrane Peter Cochrane's Blog: Facebook saves teen from prison Another unexpected impact of social networking


  • Jobs
Software Project Manager - London - Up to 65K

Software Project Manager London SE1 Up to 65,000 As a leading provider of domain names and Internet-related services, our client has registered ...

HR MI Analyst

Our talented pool of resources imbibed with clear-cut knowledge and expertise in their domain, delve into creating solutions for a diverse range of ...

Bookmark and Share AD Specialist / Technical Designer

Required knowledge:Knowledge of the following key components including where they would be used and why: * Forests * Domains * Sites/Site Links * ...

Agenda Setters 2009
Welcome to the ninth annual Agenda Setters poll – silicon.com's list of the top 50 most influential individuals in the technology and IT industries, from techies and CIOs to entrepreneurs and business leaders. Find out more in our latest special report.





Quick Sitemap Links: