.asia

This is a TLD for companies, organizations, and individuals based in the region of Asia, Australia, and the Pacific.

.asia is a generic top-level domain sponsored by the DotAsia Organization, with the back-end registry operated by Afilias. It was approved by ICANN on 19 October 2006 as a sponsored TLD. It will serve as a regional domain for companies, organisations, and individuals based in the region of Asia, Australia, and the Pacific.

The existent ccTLD of .as is reserved for American Samoa, although it admits foreign sites.

The sunrise period for .asia began on 9 October 2007, and ended on 31 January 2008.

Currently, from 20 February 2008 to 12 March 2008, .asia is in the "Landrush" state. Anyone meeting the .asia registration requirements may apply for any available .asia domain name. Domain names that receive more than one request will be auctioned between the requesting applicants after Landrush closes.

It is expected that .asia will go fully live, on a "first come first served" basis, on 26 March 2008.