Reglikedomain industry desk

.sydney, .melbourne and .victoria contract — ARI gets

ARI Registry Services picks up three more fresh top level domains.

ARI Registry Services has won a contract with the governments of Fresh South Wales and Victoria to provide registry services for .sydney, .melbourne and .victoria, the firm disclosed today.

ARI definitely had a leg up in responding to the government’s RFP given that it’s located in Australia.

Ernst & Young and Melbourne IT will assist with developing the applications for the three top level domains.

Yesterday Melbourne IT disclosed that it is working on 120 fresh top level domain applications and expects this number to grow by the application deadline next month.

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