Generic Top Level Domains ( gtld domains )

ICANN currently accredits domain-name registrars for the following Top Level Domains:

• .aero, (reserved for the global aviation community) sponsored by Societe Internationale de Telecommunications Aeronautiques SC (SITA)
• .asia, (reserved for the Pan-Asia and Asia Pacific region) sponsored byDotAsia Organisation
• .biz, (restricted to businesses), operated by NeuLevel
• .cat, (reserved for the Catalan linguistic and cultural community), sponsored by Fundació puntCat.
• .com, operated by Verisign Global Registry Services
• .coop, (reserved for cooperatives) sponsored by Dot Cooperation LLC
• .info, operated by Afilias Limited
• .jobs, (reserved for the human resource management community) sponsored by EmployMedia LLC, operated by Afilias Limited
• .mobi, (reserved for consumers and providers of mobile products and services) sponsored by mTLD Top Level Domain, Ltd.
• .museum, (restricted to museums and related persons), sponsored by the Museum Domain Management Association (MuseDoma)
• .name, (restricted to individuals), operated by Global Name Registry
• .net, operated by Verisign Global Registry Services
• .org, operated by Public Interest Registry
• .pro, (restricted to licensed professionals) operated by RegistryPro
• .travel, (reserved for entities whose primary area of activity is in the travel industry) sponsored by Tralliance Corporation.

.COM and .NET Domains are socalled gTLDs (generic Top-Level-Domains) and can be registered by any party worldwide. The official registry for .COM and .NET is VeriSign Inc. COM & NET Domains can be registered in real-time. You also have the possibility of registering multilingual (IDN) .COM and .NET Domains.

.ORG is a gTLD (generic Top-Level-Domain) and just recently in 2003 the official registry transitioned from VeriSign Inc. to the new appointed registry PIR (Public Interest Registry). Anybody can register a .ORG Domain worldwide. Since January 15th 2005 interested parties can register .ORG IDNs using german characters such as пїЅ пїЅund .

You can now register, modify and transfer your .INFO domains. Dot INFO Domains can be registered for time period between one (1) and ten (10) years. There are absolutely no restrictions when registering .INFO domains. Register your .INFO domain right away, and allow people to go to the website, where they know that they will get the exact information they need. We provide real time registration. For further information, please visit the official website of Afilias Inc. at www.Afilias.info.

The .BIZ address is the best way to remove the .COM clutter that exists today. .BIZ Domain Names are targeted at businesses who would like to create a unique web-presence. The .BIZ registry is being designed to support the next generation of Internet commerce and collaboration. .BIZ is also IDN capable using german characters. For further information, please visit the official website of Neulevel Inc., at www.neulevel.biz.

You can now register a .NAME Domain and secure your own private internet address along with the respective Email-Address. E.g. Register www.First.Last.Name and automatically receive the respective Email-Address First@Last.Name. The official registry not only offers Third-Level .NAME Domains, but also as of January 14th 2004 Second-Level .NAME registrations, meaning, you can register yourcompany.name. For further information, please visit the official Website of Global Name Registry at www.gnr.name.

On May 5, 2005, Tralliance (the official registry for .TRAVEL) signed a contract with ICANN to operate the .travel TLD, which is exclusively reserved for the travel industry. The .travel Registry�s operating procedures and policies for the .travel TLD will differentiate it from all other TLDs on the Internet, and offer unique value to the travel industry and its consumers. .travel will be restricted to applicants whose eligibility has been authenticated by independent third parties, including industry associations. Eligibility will be checked for every applicant, based on data provided by them. In addition, The Travel Partnership Corporation has defined restrictions on domain name selection that limit registrants to names that they use or have rights to. These two policies will produce a TLD that offers an unprecedented level of reinforcement of industry identity and brands, as well as tested eligibility.

Dotmobi is unique - the first top level domain dedicated to delivering the Internet to mobile devices. Scheduled for launch in May, dotmobi will revolutionise the use of the Internet on mobile devices. Dotmobi guides mobile users to made-for-mobile Internet content and services that can be accessed with confidence. The key differentiator for the dotmobi domain is the mobile user experience. This is driven by the Switch On! Guides. The guides contain a mixture of mandatory and recommended best practices for developing mobile content and services. The official registry website can be found under http://www.mtld.mobi

jobs is a new generic Top-Level-Domain and the official registry is Employmedia LLC www.employmedia.com

AERO - the domain of aviation This domain is run by SITA and an initiative run exclusively by and for the aviation community. As a sponsored domain .AERO can define and implement its own policies designed to safeguard the integrity of the domain. AERO can support your quest for global branding and visibility and through development and application of naming conventions in the aviation, can streamline and simplify the communications with business partners and passengers.

The introduction of dot EU will for the first time in Internet history allow Companies and Individuals to register a domain with a broader recognition throughout Europe. Until date companies either registered beneath a generic Top-Level-Domain, such as .COM or .INFO, or they registered beneath their specific country-code Top-Level-Domain. With the introduction of dot EU this thinking will certainly change, as dot EU is bound to become one of the most popular TLDs worldwide, especially in Europe. The official registry for .EU is EURid (http://www.EURid.eu). EURid is a not-for-profit organisation, established in Belgium, and had been selected by the European Commission to operate the new .EU TLD. EURid was established in a partnership between DNS BE, IIT CNR and NIC SE, operators of the ccTLD-Registries for Belgium (.be), Italy (.it) and Sweden (.se). EURid is in the process of setting up offices in those countries as well as in the Czech Republic to support 4 geographical regions.