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AUSTRALIA’S peak domain registry said it would take a tilt at 24 generic top-level-domains (gTLDs) when the global names regulator begins accepting them early next year.
Adrian Kinderis, chief executive of AusRegistry, which operates Australia’s top level country code .au, said it expected to support bids by 15 partners seeking to register gTLDs, including .film, .money, .web and .phone."We have a lot of partners but a lot of them don’t want to be made public at this point. It doesn’t serve them any good unless they’re trying to get community support for the creation of their domain name," Mr Kinderis said.If the bids are successful AusRegistry’s subsidiary, AusRegistry International, will provide registry operation services for the owners of the new domains.
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