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[council] Results of first ICANN run gTLD auction for .信息 - US$ 600,000

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  • From: Bruce Tonkin <Bruce.Tonkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 06:47:57 +0000
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From:  
http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-3-04jun14-en

Results of the First New gTLD Auction

On 4 June 2014 ICANN through its authorized auction services provider, Power 
Auctions LLC, completed the first auction to resolve a contention set for a new 
generic Top-level Domain (gTLD) string. Contention sets are groups of 
applications for identical or confusingly similar strings.

Two applicants, Afilias Limited and Beijing Tele-info Network Technology Co., 
LTD. applied for the gTLD 信息, (xn--vuq861b), which is a Chinese 
Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) for "information" or "info." These two 
applicants were unable to resolve the contention set between themselves, and 
thus proceeded to an auction, which is the method of last resort to resolve 
string contentions as prescribed in Module 4 of the Applicant Guidebook. 
Beijing Tele-info Network Technology Co., LTD. prevailed in the auction for the 
winning price of $600,000. Additional bidding information is available in the 
auction report [PDF, 225 KB]. Subject to payment of the Winning Price and 
meeting all other criteria for eligibility, the winner will begin the 
contracting process to sign a Registry Agreement to operate the 信息, 
(xn--vuq861b) gTLD.

This was the first auction for the New gTLD program. Subsequent auctions are 
scheduled 
[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/auctions/schedule-29may14-en.pdf ] to 
occur on a monthly basis throughout 2014 and into early 2015. The auction 
events are designed to accommodate resolving multiple contention sets 
simultaneously.

For more information on Auctions visit 
http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/auctions .

To view the current contention set status visit: 

https://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/stringcontentionstatus

Attachment: schedule-29may14-en.pdf
Description: schedule-29may14-en.pdf



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