Yesterday, The Ukrainian Network Information Center (UNIC) announced that it had submitted the necessary paperwork to ICANN for the creation of the a .ukr Cyrillic IDN. The extension is expected to be available for registration by February or March 2010.

Once the extension goes live, Ukrainians will be able to access the web in their native language. No information on registration costs has been released, but the UNIC better keep it cheap if the average citizen is expected to register the IDN.

It will also be interesting to see whether or not foreign corporations and individuals will be able to register a .ukr. Doing so could result in the most valuable names being swept up by foreign speculators, but at the same time, would allow international firms doing business in the country to reach more Ukrainians.

Source | Kyiv Post
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