CPE Provider Announcement
Dear IRT Members, ICANN has announced the CPE provider for the 2026 round. Please see the announcement here: https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann-announces-community-pri.... The announcement also links to an FAQ page that includes an update for the CPE fee. ICANN plans to update the AGB with this information as well, which will be reported to the SPIRT via the change log. Thank you, Jared -- Jared Erwin Senior Director, New gTLD Program Global Domains & Strategy Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) jared.erwin@icann.org<mailto:jared.erwin@icann.org>
Hello Jared, Many thanks for this important announcement and the link to a FAQ. I would add an additional link, that all Community Applicants will need to fund (cashflow) this additional CPE Fee of US$ 52936 , and should build the associated costs into their best and worst case business scenarios / models( Q208-221) and the Appendix 5 Templates requirements for Standard Financial Profile pre application. Regards, Phil Phil Buckingham TLD.Advice Ltd Email: phil@dotadvice.co.uk From: Jared Erwin via SubPro-IRT <subpro-irt@icann.org> Sent: 18 March 2026 14:11 To: subpro-irt@icann.org Subject: [SubPro-IRT] CPE Provider Announcement Dear IRT Members, ICANN has announced the CPE provider for the 2026 round. Please see the announcement here: https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann-announces-community-pri.... The announcement also links to an FAQ page that includes an update for the CPE fee. ICANN plans to update the AGB with this information as well, which will be reported to the SPIRT via the change log. Thank you, Jared -- Jared Erwin Senior Director, New gTLD Program Global Domains & Strategy Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) jared.erwin@icann.org <mailto:jared.erwin@icann.org>
Many thanks for the update! Anne Anne Aikman-Scalese GNSO Councilor NomCom Non-Voting 2022-2026 anneicanngnso@gmail.com On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 7:10 AM Jared Erwin via SubPro-IRT < subpro-irt@icann.org> wrote:
Dear IRT Members,
ICANN has announced the CPE provider for the 2026 round. Please see the announcement here: https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann-announces-community-pri....
The announcement also links to an FAQ page that includes an update for the CPE fee. ICANN plans to update the AGB with this information as well, which will be reported to the SPIRT via the change log.
Thank you,
Jared
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Jared Erwin
Senior Director, New gTLD Program
Global Domains & Strategy
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
jared.erwin@icann.org
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