.brussels
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Introduced | 2014 |
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TLD type | Sponsored top-level domain |
Status | active |
Registry | DNS Belgium |
Sponsor | DNS Belgium vzw/asbl |
Intended use | Brussels capital city residents |
Registry website | dnsbelgium |
.brussels is a generic top-level domain for Brussels, Belgium.[1] 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.
Before DNS Belgium was allowed to operate this, there had to be strict technical and financial evaluation conducted[by whom?], the result of the evaluations was positive for .brussels[citation needed].
History
Around 2011,
At the start of 2012, the
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.[citation needed].
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