The Tender for the .CO domains starts.

[NameAction]

On March 31st the Ministry of Communications of Colombia has opened the tender for domains .CO.

The new administrator will be in charge of promotions, management and technical operations for the domains .CO although the Ministry will have under its responsibility the definition of politics, control of the activities and the surveillance of domains .CO.

Second level domain will be approved, therefore directly under .CO, for example business.co. Also, it is said that the cost of the domains .CO could go down in an 80%.

After the selection of the administrator of domain.co, starts the approval from the responsible entity of the coordination of the worlds domain names system (ICANN) so that the politics approved by the Ministry of Communications come to effect.

Source:
http://www.mincomunicaciones.gov.co/mincom/src/index.jsp?page=./mods/contenido/noticia_user_view&id=1043

Juan Enrique Sánchez S.

 

[Yum]

I am afraid dot co will get the same results as dot cm.

 

[Poker]

wonder how the drug cartels will get a piece...doh!

 

[Namebrander]

no doubt it'll cost $100000 per reg lol

could make some interesting hacks tho

 

[DNBA]

i hope there's an 8ball with each reg lol. is there an english version of the site?

http://translate.google.com/transla...user_view&id=1043&sl=es&tl=en&history_state0=

there may be a fighting chance if they stick to the concept of the "abbreviated" corporation

 

[eTalkMoney]

I think that will be a great extension. I am from Colombia and I will love to have some .co domain names!

 

[ksinclair]

how many typos for .co? must be a ton.

 

[EGS]

Dude .co should be the next big thing. I've been trying to propose it for years.
.biz doesn't make sense for business, because it's unprofessional - no company calls their corporation, company, business, or organization a biz. It's an unprofessional term.

Now .co can replace .biz with a more professional appeal. Go .co, for .company!
No matter what business, it's usually a company, and if it's not, than it's a .org organization!

/loves .co already *smells the coffee*

 

[SDX]

All .CO domains would be "typos" of .COM
...
Should be very interesting! :smilewinkgrin: