DSTI/ICCP/TISP(2004)2/FINAL 

Table 16.  Projected and actual demand for new gTLDs 

Actual registrations 

Projected 

First report to 

Proposed 

by Dec 2003 and 

registrations 

ICANN following 

name 

progress to date 

after 4 years 

launch 

(percent of projection) 

Afilias (*) 

.web (.info) 

16 200 000  1 116 136 

7%  January 2002 

JVTeam, LLC (NeuLevel) 

.biz 

3 850 000 

1 004 118 

26%  April 2002 

The Global Name Registry, Limited 

.name 

14 100 000 

116 170 

1%  March 2002 

RegistryPro 

.pro 

4 300 000 

... 

   Yet to Launch 

Sponsored TLDs 

Cooperative League of the USA 

.coop 

155 300 

7 852 

5%  April 2002 

Societe Internationale de 

66 000 to 

Telecommunications Aeronautiques (*) 

.air (.aero) 

181 000 

3840 

6%  April June 2002 

Museum Domain Management 

Association 

.museum 

30 000 

267 

1%  April June 2002 

Other Proposed new gTLDs by category that were not accepted 

KDD Internet Solutions Co., Ltd.  

.biz 

21 100 000   

iDomains, Inc.  

.biz 

12 000 000   

NeuStar, Inc. 

.web 

11 100 000   

Image Online Design, Inc. 

.web 

3 800 000   

Personal Proposed gTLDs

Sarnoff Corporation 

.i 

76 000 000   

JVTeam, LLC (NeuLevel) 

.per 

12 600 000   

CORE Internet Council of Registrars 

.nom 

5 300 000   

Special Purpose Proposed gTLDs

International Confederation of Free 

Trade Unions 

.union 

46 300   

Restricted Content Proposed gTLDs 

Blueberry Hill Communications, Inc. 

.kids 

12 660 000   

KIDS Domains, Inc. 

.kids 

3 900 000   

ICM Registry, Inc. 

.xxx 

1 200 000   

New Services Proposed gTLDs 

Telnic Limited 

.tel 

11 700 000   

Group One Registry 

.one 

10 000 000   

Pulver/Peek/Marschel .tel 

9 

600 

000 

Number.tel, LLC 

.tel 

2 600 000   

(*) Afilias and SITA projections were for their first choice strings. They subsequently launched their preferred alternative strings 

of .info and .aero. 

Source

: OECD, based on ICANN Data. 

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