.brussels

Internet top-level domain History is most likely correct but has no verification June 2023 .brussels DotBrussels domain logo.svg 2014 GeoTLD active DNS Belgium DNS Belgium vzw/asbl Brussels capital city residents dnsbelgium.be .brussels is a generic top-level domain for Brussels, Belgium..brussels record in the IANA Root Database Registry DNS Belgium, who are also responsible for .be, got permission to operate this domain and execute these at the end of 2014, together with .vlaanderen. History Around 2011, ICANN, the governing body for domain names, decided organisations could request their own top-level domain name (TLD). Besides the existing country codes such as .be and generic extensions like .com, it became possible to have extensions such as .ibm, .shop or .limburg. The first requests could be submitted to ICANN on 12 January 2012. This extension was mostly interesting for brands, but also for geographic, linguistic and ethnic organisations and institutions. All these newly created top-level domains are considered 'generic Top Level Domains' (gTLD). This is in contrast to national codes, which also means they are administered differently.June 2023 DNS.be immediately became a candidate to manage the geographic gTLDs.June 2023 At the start of 2012, the Flemish Government and Brussels Government respectively appointed the management of gTLDs .vlaanderen and .brussels to DNS.be. DNS.be created and submitted the request to ICANN. After approval, they will take on the responsibility of technical and commercial exploitation of the domains for 10 years. The chosen partnership was one of concession of services.June 2023 In 2012, three applications were made to ICANN for generic top-level domains on behalf of Belgium. These places were raffled off, landing .gent on the 1,021st place, .vlaanderen on the 1,416th place and .brussels in 1,518th place. Because ICANN handles about 1,000 applications a year, people were already anticipating a 2014 inauguration.June 2023 On February 7, 2014, DNS Belgium (since changed its name) signed the contract with ICANN for the management of .vlaanderen and .brussels. ICANN announced on March 21 that year that the applications for .vlaanderen and .brussels had passed the technical tests. On June 18, 2014, ICANN announced that .vlaanderen and .brussels have been delegated. Concretely, this means that they have been added to the DNS root zone. As a result, the first URLs with these new extensions also exist: nic.vlaanderen and nic.brussels. On July 9, 2014, the approval came for the startup information by ICANN. (The information about the different launch phases and their timing) The schedule for the phases was: Phase for brandholders: 01/09/2014 > 01/10/2014 Phase for local governments and organisations: 02/10/2014 > 03/11/2014 Phase for private companies: 13/11/2014 > 15/12/2014 Landrush 16/12/2014 > 15/01/2015 Free registration from 20/01/2015 onwards See also .be .gent .vlaanderen List of Internet top-level domains References Category:Internet properties established in 2014 Category:Internet in Belgium Category:Generic top-level domains