ICANN to add new Internet domain names in summer 08

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According to foreign media reports, ICANN (Internet domain name and address management Agency) said in Thursday that the new general Internet address could be used in the summer of 2008, depending on the schedule.

ICANN has invited public opinion on the process of creating new domain names, which will be the first expansion of the general Internet address since 2000. Since then, domain name increases have been limited to special areas or industries.

"It's a matter of choice," said Paul Tohme, chief executive of ICANN. We want the domain Name system to represent different people, geographies and industries across the globe. "Domain names are key to helping computers find URLs and send emails. Currently, there are about 250 domain name suffixes worldwide. Common domain names include. com and. Net.

The United States Government as the main guide to the Internet domain name policy, two years after the allocation of domain names, that is, in 2000, ICANN approved 7 new domain names, but only. info and. Biz is the true universal domain name. In 2004, ICANN approved 6 regional domain names or specific industry domain names, such as. Travel and. Asia, however, refused to approve the use of. xxx as a domain name for adult entertainment.

Some critics of ICANN complain that the agency is too slow to approve new domain names and that the approval process is arbitrary, but at the same time, business people and trademark owners worry that more domain names will lead to more serious domain names. ICANN does not specifically describe how individuals or groups will acquire new domain names, although the agency says it will improve the domain name approval process to add more domain names in a timely, predictable and efficient manner.