Industry report: brand TLDs in telecommunications
About thirty telecom operators hold their own .brand. Most keep it defensive; a few use it for internal services and the occasional campaign. What the data shows, and what it means for the next ICANN round.
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Course content
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General
- Introduction
- Objective
- The telecommunications sector
- Methodology
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Brand TLDs in the telecommunications sector
- Telecom brand TLDs and their registry operators
- Trends and usage across the sector
- Telecom brand TLDs in the future (Web3, IoT)
- Charts and figures
- Key insights
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General
- Conclusion
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