Etisalat Group has announced that it has applied for the .etisalat and top level domains with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), the organisation that coordinates the worldwide Domain Name System (DNS) to ensure that the single global Internet works properly. TLDs refer to the suffix attached to Internet domain names.
etisalat is among the 1,930 applicants announced to the public on June 13, 2012, who have participated in this unique opportunity, which includes 116 applications for Internationalised Domain Names, or IDNs, for strings in scripts such as Arabic, Chinese, and Cyrillic.
Commenting on Icann's announcement, Essa Al Haddad, chief commercial officer, Etisalat Group, said: "It will be a leap forward for etisalat in establishing our brand globally in the public space, and we are looking forward to having our applications accepted by Icann.




