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Malaysia to get new Arabic ccTLD

Kevin Murphy, August 23, 2012, Domain Policy

ICANN’s board of directors is set to approve مليسيا., the Arabic name for Malaysia, at a meeting next week.
Delegation of the internationalized country-code top-level domain is listed on the board’s consent agenda for next week’s meeting, meaning it’s likely to be a case of simply rubber-stamping the decision.
It will be the 40th IDN ccTLD to enter the root, not including test zones, under ICANN’s Fast Track program.
With the notable exception of Russia’s .РФ, IDN ccTLDs have been commercially underwhelming.
The redelegation of Rwanda’s .rw, currently delegated to NIC Congo/Interpoint SARL, is also on ICANN’s board consent agenda for the August 28 meeting.
There are no issues related to the new gTLD program on the agenda.