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.global DotGlobal logo.png May 29, 2014 NIC.global Identity Digital.GLOBAL – Registry Agreement assigned to Identity Digital Limited https://comlaude.com/registry/global/ https://web.archive.org/web/20250213215553/comlaude.com/registry/global/ February 13, 2025 Active Generic top-level domain Global entities None
.global is a generic top-level domain (gTLD)The new gTLDs http://www.gtld.com https://web.archive.org/web/20150408072819/http://www.gtld.com/ 2015-04-08 live 2015-04-02 and was delegated to the DNS root zone on June 6, 2014.Delegated Strings ICANN New gTLDs http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/delegated-strings 2021-03-16 newgtlds.icann.org The application for the new top-level domain was approved on April 17, 2014,Registry Agreements (Chronological) - ICANN https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/registries-date-2013-09-18-en 2021-03-16 www.icann.orgVisit the Top Level Domain (TLD) Registry Services and DNS Solutions Experts | Afilias http://www.afilias.info https://web.archive.org/web/20150411083337/http://www.afilias.info/ 2015-04-11 live 2015-04-02 and .global was made available to the general public on September 9, 2014.2014 .global http://www.trademark-clearinghouse.com/content/global-0 live https://web.archive.org/web/20150402093349/http://www.trademark-clearinghouse.com/content/global-0 2015-04-02 2015-04-02 Trademark Clearinghouse
Background
The path from application to launch was rather complicated, due to the name collisionName Collision Resources & Information - ICANN https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/name-collision-2013-12-06-en 2021-03-16 www.icann.org concerns relating to the word "global" (as it is being used in many internal networks).Domain names: collision course Newton Media http://www.trademarksandbrandsonline.com/contributed-article/domain-names-collision-course https://web.archive.org/web/20150402175248/http://www.trademarksandbrandsonline.com/contributed-article/domain-names-collision-course 2015-04-02 live 2015-04-02 As a consequence, the .global registry had to block 60,000 domain names from registration for a couple of months, until the name collision issues had been fully resolved.
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