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When we refer to ‘the previous round’, we are talking about 2012, when ICANN opened its first truly open application window. During this period, anyone could apply for their own domain extension. Between January and April of that year, 1,930 parties did so, submitting a total of 1,410 unique applications. The intention was to open […]