LA domains
Cologne, October 10. ICANN Registrar Secura announces today,
that it is accepting registrations of la-domains
(https://www.domainregistry.de/la-domains.html).
Los Angeles has a new honor to celebrate - becoming the world's
first city to have its own unique internet address .la
Offering the same functionality as a .com address and sanctioned
by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
(ICANN), the internet's de facto governing body, .la addresses
will be available to all Los Angeles residents and businesses.
Well known brand names such as www.yahoo.la and www.rolex.la and
in this City of Stars many personal names like www.madonna.la
and www.arnie.la are already registered. Independent forecasts
suggest up to one million .la names will be registered over the
coming years, as L.A. has over 300,000 registered businesses and
10 million citizens. Plus, there are many millions more
worldwide who identify with the LA and Hollywood lifestyle.
The Guernsey-based LA Names Corporation (LA Names) has recently
assumed responsibility as the operator of .la in a long-term
deal with LANIC, a department of the Government of the Lao PDR,
who were originally assigned the name by ICANN.
Gavin Aldred, President of LA Names, said: "There is still a
massive demand for good web-addresses, and Los Angeles is
probably the most internet-savvy city on earth. For businesses
operating in LA a .la address is much more relevant than a .com
address because it tells a potential customer not just who you
are but where you are, enabling them to find you, visit you, and
buy from you. For individual citizens it's more a matter of
pride to be part of this extraordinary community."
In order to provide fast, reliable and secure infrastructure and
technology, LA Names is working with Dublin-based global domain
name registry services provider Afilias Limited, who also
provide back-end registry support for .org, .INFO and a number
of other ccTLDs.
Hans Peter Oswald
www.domainregistry.de
About the author:
CEO ICANN accredited registrar Secura http://www.com-domains.com
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