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Statement
by Akram Atallah, COO
4
May 2012
The
TLD Application System, or TAS, held 2091
applications - either submitted or in progress -
when it was taken offline on 12 April 2012.
In
addition, there are 214 potential applications
that were registered prior to the 29 March
cut-off date, but whose payments have not yet
been received or reconciled.
ICANN
has received approximately USD $350 million in
fees for applications for new gTLDs.
As
we have reported, we are in the process of
notifying applicants whether they were affected
by the software glitch, and plan to complete
this process on or before Tuesday, 8 May.
Shortly after that process is complete, we will
announce the schedule for reopening TAS and
completing the application period. Once the
system is reopened, we will keep it open for at
least five business days.
We
appreciate your understanding as we work to
bring the TLD application system back online.