AFNIC,the company behind .FR extension,announced than 16 French gTLD applicants selected the company to run their Top Level Domain . You can read the press release after the jump :

       "In June 2011, ICANN - Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers – officially approved the new gTLD program, receiving over 2,300 applications during the first quarter 2012.

        Afnic is fully committed in this program as a backend registry solution provider. 16 French gTLD applicants have selected Afnic’s registry solutions to run their TLD. With diverse mission and dimension, these projects, led by local public authorities, companies and associations, will contribute to the evolution of the Internet in France.

        In a very competitive market, these future gTLD registries picked Afnic’s expertise in registry management, including .fr, and its flexibility technical solutions to meet ICANN requirements.

        The Internet community now awaits the official publication of applications. The list of the new gTLD-to-be will be revealed on June 13th 2012.

Agenda

Reveal day on June 13th 2012

First evaluation results in late 2012

Launch of the first new gTLD early 2013"

Source from http://www.domainnews.com

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