Just finish IDN ccTLD Fast Track. Quick Summary: 1. If all thing goes well, ICANN will start accepting application from 16th Nov 2009 onwards. They expect about 50 or so applications. 2. The issues of variants seem resolved. ccTLD will get their variants one way or another. [Altho not said in the public forum, I understand that China is still not quite happy with the handling of the variant, as a matter of "principles"] So unless for some odd reasons the Board decided not to approve it on Friday, IDN ccTLD Fast Track should be starting soon. -James Seng