Re: When will IDN be functional?

Martin v. Löwis wrote:
> 
>> can anybody tell me, when IDNs will finally go live now, with the final
>> prefix and everything? What are the reasons for the latest delays (at
>> Verisign)?
> 
> They are live already. It is up to each registry to allow registration,
> employing additional per-TLD-restrictions, as the registry sees fit.
> Verisign manages just com/net/org, and there are much more ccTLDs which
> proceed at their own pace (even though, to my knowledge, .nu is the only
> one that has IDNA operational today).

.se, .pl and .jp are some others.

As for VeriSign, it has a request pending with ICANN since October 13 
seeking permission to offer IDNs.

kim