ICANN Moves Quickly, Signs Agreement With ICM Registry
Many consider .XXX a precursor to the New gTLD program due to the timing of the recent approval of the application. The triple-x domain name is a very sensitive domain extension that has been heavily scrutinized by many in the Internet community as well as leaders in the community for which it is proposed to serve. But after 7 years of waiting in line, ICM Registry, the registry operator for .XXX, finally made it through the ICANN process.
As we reported shortly after the ICANN 40 meeting held last month, the .XXX domain name had been approved by the ICANN board by a vote of 9 to 3 at the ICANN Board meeting on March 18th.
According to ICANN the next step on the checklist to allow XXX to become operational was the signing of the Registry Agreement with ICANN. Check. This was completed on April 1st and was accompanied by a well thought out post on the ICANN blog by ICANN General Counsel & Secretary, John Jeffrey.
The next item on the list is the actual delegation of .XXX to the root zone. After the delegation, the implementation schedule will be up to ICM Registry. If you’ve got one of the five hundred thousand preregistered names, your wait is almost over.
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