.saarland

.saarland (dotSAARLAND) is an ICANN approved new generic top level domain (TLD).[1] It falls into the new category of Geoprahic TLDs (“GeoTLDs”).[2] The new top level domain addresses all people and businesses in the German Federal State Saarland and Saarland friends. However, any natural person and any entity is eligible to register domain names in the .SAARLAND TLD.

The dotSaarland GmbH (nic.saarland) successfully applied for the right to operate the .SAARLAND extension and to allocate domains for this name space. The application was evaluated and accepted by the responsible Internet authority ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers). The technical registry operator is KSregistry.

.SAARLAND Launch Phases

Registrations under the TLD .SAARLAND started on July 17, 2014 with the phases Sunrise, Founders Program, Landrush (until October 22, 2014 (Wed), 10:00 UTC) and General Availability as of October 30, 2014 (Thu), 10:00 UTC

The Non-profit dotSaarland Association

The non-profit dotSaarland Association (dotSaarland e.V.) - founded in 2009 - has its offices is in St. Ingbert, Saarland. The Federal State of Saarland, represented by the Ministry of Economy, is a founding member of the Association. The membership to dotSaarland e.V. is open for individuals as well as representatives from politics and businesses. The Association supports the TLD registry with consulting and ensures that the TLD is operated in consonance with the needs of the local people and the community of internet users.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "ICANN New Generic Top-Level Domains". Icann.org. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  2. ↑ "ICANN's new GTLD program, geographic TLDs". geotlds.org. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  3. ↑ "Datenbank saarländischer Vereine und Initiativen". saarland.de. Retrieved 2014-06-04.

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