Company Timeline
1991
.CO ccTLD is delegated to Colombia’s UNIANDES by IANA
2008
Colombia defines liberalized policies and a new operations model for the .CO domain. A public procurement process commences to identify the future .CO registry operator
2009
August 20
Ministry of Colombia (MINTIC) awards concession contract to .CO Internet S.A.S
September 16
.CO Internet S.A.S. presents IANA with a formal application for re-delegation of .CO with approval of MINTIC and UNIANDES
December 9
ICANN’s Board of Directors approves the re-delegation of .CO to .CO Internet S.A.S.
December 24
The US Department of Commerce approves the re-delegation of .CO and IANA executes the official change in the database passing responsibility of the .CO Registry to .CO Internet S.A.S
2010
February 7
Successful transition of 28,000 existing .CO domains from UNIANDES to .CO Internet S.A.S.
March 1
The official start of the .CO Launch Plan making .CO domains available globally
March 9
Twitter launches the t.CO URL shortening service for all links shared through Twitter.com
June 10
Historic first-ever charity auction for 1-letter domain e.CO sells for $81,000 USD
July 16
The .CO Sunrise and Landrush phases close with 39,000 applications from over 133 countries worldwide
July 20
Overstock.com announces the purchase of O.CO for $350,000 USD
.CO Internet officially launches for Global General Availability on a first come, first serve basis with record setting statistics
- 8,000 domains first minute
- 100,000 first 22 minutes
- 233,000 first 24 hours
September 15
.CO reaches 500,000 domain name registrations worldwide and is poised to become the world's fastest growing extension
December 5-10
.CO hosts the 39th Public Meeting of ICANN in Cartagena, Colombia with CEO, Juan Diego Calle giving the Opening Speech
2011
February 6
.CO participates in its first-ever Super Bowl commercial announcing the new GoDaddy.CO Girl
March 2
DNSSEC is deployed in the .CO name space
May 18
Amazon.com aquires A.CO, Z.CO, K.CO and Cloud.CO Domain Names
June 2
.CO reaches 1 Million domain name registrations - less than 1 year from the global launch in July 2010 and is the fastest growing new global domain name in modern history.
June 6
Overstock.com announces the unveiling of the O.CO coliseum
July 18
Google goes .CO and announces launch of G.CO as official shortcut for Google products and services
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