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In yet another controversial decision, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) board have un-reserved the remaining 23 single letter .com domains, paving the way for what is sure to be the most anticipated auction in the history of the Internet.
The 23 domains in question include every letter of the alphabet excluding Q.com, X.com and Z.com (previously owned and sold by Nissan for $6.7 million), which already exist today as they were owned and grandfathered before single letter .com's were reserved back in 1992.
This decision comes after the highly contested .web TLD auction which generated $135 million for what is supposed to be "non-profit" ICANN. Sources say the single-letter .com auction could easily generate upwards of half a billion dollars for the California based organisation.
An official statement is to be released Monday morning, and it is as of yet unclear whether the 24 reserved .net (all but I.net and Q.net) and 25 reserved .org (all but X.org) domains are also to have their freeze lifted.
While the auction itself is expected to take place in Spring of 2018, the length and process is not known.
Update on Apr 2, 2017: April Fool!
The 23 domains in question include every letter of the alphabet excluding Q.com, X.com and Z.com (previously owned and sold by Nissan for $6.7 million), which already exist today as they were owned and grandfathered before single letter .com's were reserved back in 1992.
This decision comes after the highly contested .web TLD auction which generated $135 million for what is supposed to be "non-profit" ICANN. Sources say the single-letter .com auction could easily generate upwards of half a billion dollars for the California based organisation.
An official statement is to be released Monday morning, and it is as of yet unclear whether the 24 reserved .net (all but I.net and Q.net) and 25 reserved .org (all but X.org) domains are also to have their freeze lifted.
While the auction itself is expected to take place in Spring of 2018, the length and process is not known.
Update on Apr 2, 2017: April Fool!
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