PointQuébec's application for the GeoTLD was approved, and was delegated to the Root Zone on 16 April 2014.[2] The application was supported by the Quebec National Assembly[3] and other cultural, technical, and economic institutions in the province. It received "substantial financial support from the Québec government", and is a not-for profit organisation. The organisation will verify legitimate registrations via statements of intent through a post-verification registration system.[4] Quebec officially launched on November 18, 2014.
Along with TLDs such as .cat and .africa, .quebec and other new TLDs fall into the new category of GeoTLDs. The issue of new top level domains in general and .quebec in particular has been discussed at various ICANN-Meetings since 2005.[5][6]
Contract Signed
On 19 December 2013, PointQuébec received a registry agreement signed by ICANN for .quebec after passing all the required processes needed to become a registry operator for the string.[7]
Delegation and Availability
.quebec was delegated to the Root Zone of the DNS on 16 April 2014, completing the successful application for the string.[2]
^Application 1-1663-45909. Retrieved 23 November 2012
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