The new gTLDs announced in November 2000 are: .biz, .name, .museum, .pro, .aero, .coop and .info. The registries for the names will be operated by seven companies. These names will add to the existing seven gTLDs of .com, .org, .net, .edu, .gov, .mil and .int.
An ICANN official told reporters that the new registries will still be in place by the year’s end but that delays were being caused because some of the registries were having their business plans re-evaluated by their investors as a result of what he called the “dot-bomb phenomenon”. The registries in turn blamed ICANN for delays in providing contracts.