Tucows Opens Pre-Registrations for .US Domain

• By theWHIR.com , March 01, 2002

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March 1, 2002 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Tucows Inc. (tucows.com), a provider of Internet services to

ISPs and Web hosting companies, announced that "Sunrise" pre-registrations

began yesterday for .us, the country code top-level domain for the United

States.

Pre-registration for the Sunrise Period is exclusive to owners of existing

or pending U.S. trademarks and service marks. Participation in the

pre-registration process does not guarantee successful registration of a

domain name, and pre-registrations will be subject to random selection as

well as strict application rules.

The launch of .us allows individuals, organizations and businesses to

establish an American identity on the Internet. Short, simple Internet

addresses such "johndoe.us," "charity.us," and "mycompany.us" were not as

accessible under previous .us policies, the company said.

Registration for the Sunrise Period officially begins on March 4, 2002,

followed by "Registry Go Live" registration for the general public beginning

April 24, 2002, according to Neustar, the registry selected by ICANN to

operate the .us extension. Registration will be limited to U.S. citizens,

legal residents and organizations with a "bona fide" presence in the United

States.

"Our resellers have expressed very strong customer demand for this new

country code top-level domain," said Elliot Noss, president and CEO, Tucows

Inc. "The expansion of the .US namespace offers the opportunity to get a

top-tier American identity on the Internet. Other country code TLDs like .ca

and .uk have demonstrated value to regional businesses, and we anticipate

.us will offer the same value to domain name registrants with American

interests."

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