For example, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), which manages the dot-ca domain, should pass one million domain name registrations by early 2008, yet implementation of French language characters is only likely to take place in the next few years.

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Community-based extensions, however, will offer groups an online name with which they can identify, will serve a specific and valuable purpose, and have the potential for high growth and implementation, hitting the trifecta of success measures for new TLDs: name recognition, utility and volume.

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