12 more New gTLDs were delegated: .BLUE, .EVENTS, .PROPERTIES, etc.

ICANN announced that on February 4th and 5th, 12 more New gTLDs were delegated for a total of 134 new gTLD strings. The 12 new gTLDs are:
. 移动 (xn--6frz82g) – Chinese for “mobile”, .BLUE, .FLIGHTS, .CLEANING, .REPORT, .EVENTS, .CRUISES, .RENTALS, .PARTNERS, .PROPERTIES, .CATERING, .EXPOSED.

Check out the Launch dates of new gTLDs – Domain Name Infographic.

Below are the key Contracting statistics, as of 07 February 2014:

• 990 applicants have been invited to Contracting
• 411 applicants have responded to their Contracting Information Request invitation
• 320 contracts have been sent out for signature
• 280 Registry Agreements have been signed
  • All signed Registry Agreements can be viewed here: http://www.icann.org/en/about/agreements/registries

Here are the 134 New gTLDs that have been delegated so far:

ICANN’s New gTLD Program will result in the expansion of available Top-Level Domains (gTLDs), such as .COM, .NET or .ORG, from 22 to possibly 1,400 new names or “strings”.

On 23 October 2013, first new gTLDs from ICANN’s New gTLD Program were delegated. This means they were into the Internet’s Root Zone, the authoritative database for the Internet. Below are the gTLDs or strings that have successfully completed the Program. The list will continue to be updated as the measured rollout of the new gTLDs progresses over the coming years.