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"Frustrated" Morocco denies it supported .tata gTLD
Kevin Murphy, October 2, 2014, 08:33:26 (UTC), Domain Registries
The Moroccan government claims that it did not give its support to the .tata dot-brand gTLD, which was granted to Tata Group, the massive Indian conglomerate, in July.
According to Boubker Seddik Badr, director of digital economy at Morocco’s ministry of trade, .tata "did not receive any endorsement from any Moroccan authority".
In a September 17 letter (pdf), he expressed his "surprise and very deep frustration" that .tata had been approved by ICANN regardless.
Under ICANN rules, .tata was classified as a "geographic" string because it matches the name of a Moroccan province found on an International Standards Organization list of protected names.
But Tata’s application was finally approved — it was the last bid to pass through evaluation — after a period Extended Evaluation. Its evaluation report (pdf) reads [...]
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"Frustrated" Morocco denies it supported .tata gTLD
Kevin Murphy, October 2, 2014, 08:33:26 (UTC), Domain Registries
The Moroccan government claims that it did not give its support to the .tata dot-brand gTLD, which was granted to Tata Group, the massive Indian conglomerate, in July.
According to Boubker Seddik Badr, director of digital economy at Morocco’s ministry of trade, .tata "did not receive any endorsement from any Moroccan authority".
In a September 17 letter (pdf), he expressed his "surprise and very deep frustration" that .tata had been approved by ICANN regardless.
Under ICANN rules, .tata was classified as a "geographic" string because it matches the name of a Moroccan province found on an International Standards Organization list of protected names.
But Tata’s application was finally approved — it was the last bid to pass through evaluation — after a period Extended Evaluation. Its evaluation report (pdf) reads [...]
[ See More: domainincite.com/17457-frustrated-morocco-denies-it-supported-tata-gtld ]