Dear all, ICANN has concluded the Initial Evaluation phase of the new gTLD programme. More than 1,700 applications have now moved to the next steps in the programme. Out of the 1,930 new gTLD applications submitted, 1,745 applications passed the Initial Evaluation, 32 have gone into Extended Evaluation, and 121 were withdrawn from the programme: www.icann.org/en/news/press/releases/release-30aug13-en.pdf Kind regards, Gabi