.SHABAKA IS WORLD’S FIRST ARABIC TOP-LEVEL DOMAIN

“شبكة.” becomes the world’s first Arabic borderless Top-Level Domain

Pioneered by dotShabaka Registry, it marks the dawn of a revolution to empower the Arabic language on the Internet

Arabic speaking Internet users around the world will be the first to experience the next evolution of the Internet after Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the global regulator of web addresses today officially entered into a contract with dotShabaka Registry for “شبكة.” to become the world’s first Arabic new Top-Level Domain (TLD).

Surpassing almost 1900 other applicants from around the world, شبكة. (.shabaka, translates to .web in English) will become the world’s first borderless new Top-Level Domain and will provide Arabic speaking Internet users with an alternative to non-Arabic Internet namespaces such as .com, .net and .org. It will be a domain name available to everyone wanting an Arabic online presence.

Expected to be live on the Internet in the coming months, شبكة. is part of the new Top-Level Domain program being rolled out by ICANN to expand the Internet’s web address system.