In the past several days, ICANN has announced recent milestones regarding changes in how the Internet community will use the Internet in the near future.
Proposed Final Implementation Plan: IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process
ICANN is pleased to announce the public posting of the Proposed Final Implementation Plan for the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process.
The IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process is an important step at making the Internet equally accessible for everyone. It will enable the introduction of a limited number of internationalized country-code top level domain names (IDN ccTLDs). As noted by ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom, once implemented, this will be the first time that users can obtain a domain name with the entire string in characters other than ASCII (or Latin) characters, "this is one of the most exciting developments for the users of the Internet globally in years. IDNs will enable the people the world over to use domain name addresses in their own language."
To read the full announcement visit : http://www.icann.com/en/announcements/announcement-04oct09-en.htm