Yesterday the .do registry (Dominican Republic) has released the .do extension. From now on, registrations under the 2nd level .do domain are possible. Everyone who wishes to do so can register a domain name under this extension. The only condition is that names which are registered under this extension need to be registered per 2 years.
People who already have a registered .com.do, .net.do,… domain name are given the chance to register this name under the .do domain. Until March 2010, the .do registry protects these name so the owner of the .com.do or .net.do is gets the chance to register this domain name first. If the owner hasn’t registered this name before March 2010, this domain name is released and everbody gets the chance to register this name.