SGNIC announced the launch of Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs) .The launch takes place in three phases .
Sunrise Phase 1 4 July 11 – 15 August 11
Sunrise Phase 2 12 September 11 – 8 November 11
General Launch 14 December 11 onwards
You can read the press release after the jump :
"On 15 June 2011, SGNIC announced the launch of Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs). The launch will take place in the following phases:
Sunrise Phase 1 4 July 11 – 15 August 11
Sunrise Phase 2 12 September 11 – 8 November 11
General Launch 14 December 11 onwards
Registrations of IDNs can be made with any of SGNIC’s participating accredited registrars and will only be available at the 2nd level i.e. “.新加坡” and “.சிங்கப்பூர்” which represent “Singapore” in the Chinese and Tamil languages respectively.
Registrations are subject to the “SGNIC Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs) Launch Guidelines” which prescribes policies and procedures concerning applications during the various phases, priority claims, biddings and other general implementation details.
Applications during the Sunrise Phases will be batch-processed while applications for the General Launch will be on a first-come-first-served basis. Please refer to the launch schedule and relevant documents below for more details."