First IDN ccTLDs Fast Track requests approved

21.01.2010

Four proposed IDN ccTLDs passed string evaluation

ICANN has received 16 requests, representing eight languages, for IDN ccTLD Fast Track String Evaluation since 16 November 2009.

The first four proposed IDN ccTLDs are associated with: Egypt, the Russian Federation, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
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