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Release of Country and Territory Names within the .IKANO, .SAXO, .SCOR, .SANDVIK, .WALTER, .SANDVIKCOROMANT, .VISTA, .VISTAPRINT, .BARCLAYS, .BARCLAYCARD and .HERMES TLDs
12 January 2017

Release of Country and Territory Names within the .SOFTBANK, .ART and .CARAVAN TLDs
19 July 2016

Release of Country and Territory Names within the .HYUNDAI, .KIA and .GODADDY TLDs
27 April 2016

Release of Country and Territory Names within the .TORAY and .PICTET TLDs
28 March 2016

Launch of Registration Authentication Platform for .MOI TLD
2 March 2016

Release of Country and Territory Names within the .STUDY, .COURSES, .LAMBORGHINI, XN--3OQ18VL8PN36A, .VOLKSWAGEN, .BUGATTI, .AUDI and .DELTA TLDs
15 December 2015

Launch of Supplementary Registration Proxy Service for gTLDs Operated by XYZ.COM LLC
10 December 2015

Removal of Searchable Whois Service from .MEET Registry Agreement
22 October 2015

Release of Country and Territory Names within the .BROTHER, .GEA, .ACO, .SECURITY, .PROTECTION, .THEATRE and .RENT TLDs
1 September 2015

Removal of Searchable Whois Service from .SHARP Registry Agreement
30 July 2015

Release of Country and Territory Names within the .GLOBAL, .BNPPARIBAS, .BRIDGESTONE and .FIRESTONE TLDs
21 June 2015

Release of Country and Territory Names within the .KOMATSU and .RICOH TLDs
26 May 2015

Release of Country and Territory Names within the .SONY, .ARCHI, .BIO and .SAARLAND TLDs
13 May 2015

Release of Country and Territory Names within the .HONDA, .AXA, .EPSON, .HSBC, .XYZ and .COLLEGE TLDs
31 March 2015

Release of Country and Territory Names within the .EMERCK, .HAMBURG and .BERLIN TLDs
2 March 2015

Release of Country and Territory Names within the .DVAG, .TUI, .SPIEGEL, .ALLFINANZ and .FLSMIDTH TLDs
6 January 2015

Release of Country and Territory Names within the .BMW and .MINI TLDs
11 December 2014

.NGO/.ONG Registry Agreement Amendment - Mandatory Technical Bundling of Second-Level Domains
6 November 2014

Release of Country and Territory Names within the .NEUSTAR TLD
19 September 2014

Introduction of Two-Character Domain Names for .JETZT, .GLOBAL, .NEUSTAR, .KIWI, .BERLIN
21 September 2014

Introduction of Two-Character Domain Names for .SOHU, .IMMO, .SAARLAND, .CLUB
19 August 2014

Registry Services Technical Evaluation Panel (RSTEP) Report on Public Interest Registry's Request to Implement Technical Bundling in .NGO and .ONG
29 July 2014

Introduction of Two-Character Domain Names for .LUXURY, .WANG, XN--3BST00M, XN--6QQ986B3XL, XN--CZRU2D, XN--45Q11C, .BUILD, .REN, .PIZZA, .RESTAURANT, .GIFTS, .SARL, XN--55QX5D, XN--IO0A7I, and 20 TLDs associated with Top Level Domain Holdings Limited
23 July 2014

Introduction of Two-Character Domain Names for .DEALS, XN--FJQ720A, .CITY, .XYZ, .COLLEGE, .GOP, .TRADE, .WEBCAM, .BID, .HEALTHCARE, .WORLD, .BAND
8 July 2014

Introduction of Two-Character Domain Names in the New gTLD Namespace
12 June 2014

.NGO and .ONG Registry Services Evaluation Process Request – Introduction of Technical Bundling
10 June 2014

.WED Registry Agreement Amendment – Introduction of Third Level Domain Sales
4 June 2014

ICANN Opens Comment Period on Revised Telnic Contract Amendment
19 October 2007

ICANN Completes Renewal of Registry Services Technical Evaluation Panel
6 September 2007

ICANN Opens Comment Period on Telnic Proposal
11 May 2007

ICANN Opens Public Comment Period on GNR Proposal
20 October 2006

ICANN Opens Public Comment Period on the Tralliance Proposed New Registry Service
18 September 2006

Addition to Website and Announcement of Information Page on Requests for New Registry Services
As part of ICANN's effort to support a timely, open and transparent process for the evaluation of new registry services, ICANN has today added a link in the Current Issues menu of the ICANN website to the Registry Services Evaluation Process. This page serves as the information area for the Registry Services Evaluation Policy and requests for new registry services.
13 September 2006

ICANN Announces Registry Services Technical Evaluation Panel and Launch of the Registry Request Service
ICANN is pleased to announce additional information regarding the process for considering proposed registry services including: description of process detail, the development of an online tool for submissions, and the introduction of the members of the Registry Services Technical Evaluation Panel...
30 August 2006

ICANN Announces Implementation of the Process for Review of New gTLD Registry Services
ICANN announces the implementation of the process for review of new gTLD Registry Services and adoption of the Registry Services Evaluation Process.
25 July 2006

ICANN Board Resolution Approving Nomination of Lyman Chapin as Chair of the Registry Services Technical Evaluation Panel
31 March 2006

Nomination for Chair of the Technical Panel for New Registry Services
26 January 2006

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