We're entering a brave new era in the world of domain acquisition. After decades of hampering the creation of new top-level domains, the ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), the international body that governs such things, opted to loosen restrictions. Thus it has opened up the Web to a potential deluge of TLD registration in 2010, when the rules take effect.
Naturally, corporations have seen the opening as a brand-new Internet land grab. And while most have yet to publicly announce their intentions, Canon this week issued a statement announcing that the company is ready to “begin the acquisition process for the top-level domain name '.canon,' based on the new generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) registration system."
Canon expects the approval to occur in the second half of next year.
Naturally, corporations have seen the opening as a brand-new Internet land grab. And while most have yet to publicly announce their intentions, Canon this week issued a statement announcing that the company is ready to “begin the acquisition process for the top-level domain name '.canon,' based on the new generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) registration system."
Canon expects the approval to occur in the second half of next year.
