.quebec

Internet top-level domain .quebec DotQuebec logo.png April 16, 2014https://globalnews.ca/news/1521356/quebec-to-get-its-own-distinct-internet-domain-name/ Quebec to get its own distinct internet domain name Blatchford Andy August 22, 2014 Global News en January 21, 2019http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/delegated-strings Delegated Strings April 16, 2014 ICANN January 21, 2019 GeoTLD Active Promotion of businesses, culture, tourism, and identity of Quebec https://registre.quebec No The .quebec domain is a GeoTLD and Community Priority Application that was proposed to ICANN's New gTLD Program by PointQuébec. Origin PointQuébec is a non-profit organisation aiming to improve the businesses, culture, tourism, and online identity of Quebec and the Québécois through the .quebec TLD. According to the PointQuébec organisation, .quebec will allow all Québécois to register their domain names under .quebec.https://globalnews.ca/news/1521356/quebec-to-get-its-own-distinct-internet-domain-name/ Quebec to get its own distinct internet domain name Globalnews.ca Blatchford Andy August 22, 2014 Global News en live https://web.archive.org/web/20190915061309/https://globalnews.ca/news/1521356/quebec-to-get-its-own-distinct-internet-domain-name/ September 15, 2019About Us http://registre.quebec/a-propos/ PointQuébec frhttps://nationalpost.com/news/canada/quebec-soon-to-be-canadas-only-province-with-distinct-domain-name-dot-quebec Quebec soon to be Canada's only province with distinct domain name: dot-Quebec National Post August 22, 2014 Michel Philibert, a spokesman for PointQuebec, stated,"We have our own culture, and we have our own way of doing things, and we want to also affirm our presence on the web". History PointQuébec's application for the GeoTLD was approved, and was delegated to the Root Zone on April 16, 2014.Delegated Strings, ICANN.org Retrieved May 30, 2014. The application was supported by the National Assembly of Quebechttp://www.pointquebec.org/fr/motion The National Assembly passed a motion unanimously 2014-12-11 2010-10-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20101029040116/http://www.pointquebec.org/fr/motion dead and other cultural, technical, and economic institutions in the province. The application received support from all political parties in the legislature. It received "substantial financial support from the Government of Quebec", including a $185,000 loan, and is a not-for profit organisation. The organisation verified legitimate registrations via statements of intent through a post-verification registration system.Application 1-1663-45909. Retrieved November 23, 2012 On December 19, 2013, PointQuébec received a registry agreement signed by ICANN for .quebec after passing all the required processes needed to become a registry operator for the string.Registry Agreements, ICANN.org Retrieved December 30, 2013 .quebec was delegated to the Root Zone of the DNS on April 16, 2014, completing the successful application for the string. .quebec officially launched on November 18, 2014. Along with TLDs such as .africa, .cat, .paris, .quebec and other new TLDs fall into the new category of GeoTLDs. The issue of new top level domains in general and .quebec in particular has been discussed at various ICANN meetings since 2005.http://gsa.icann.org/search?q=dotberlin&site=icann&client=icann&proxystylesheet=icann&output=xml_no_dtd ICANN Email Archives 2014-12-08 https://archive.today/20120709120157/http://gsa.icann.org/search?q=dotberlin&site=icann&client=icann&proxystylesheet=icann&output=xml_no_dtd July 9, 2012 dead http://www.citytld.com/literature.htm cityTLD Literature December 8, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20080604201126/http://www.citytld.com/literature.htm June 4, 2008 dead See also List of Internet top-level domains Top-level domain Internet in Canada .ca .qc.ca References External links Register for .QUEBEC Internet in Category:2014 establishments in Quebec Category:Internet properties established in 2014 Category:Mass media in Quebec