The Brazilian registry has announced the release of the .net.br extension. In order to guarantee a smooth launch, there will be a 6 month sunrise period. During this period, owners of a .com.br name can register this name under the .net.br extension. There’s one restriction, the .com.br name needs to be registered before April 6th 2009. The sunrise period starts on April 6th 2009 and ends on October 6th 2009.
The sunrise period will be followed by the landrush. The landrush starts on October 27th 2009 and during this period names will be registered on a first come, first served basis.