On November 1st the sunrise for both .so (Somalia) as for .co.no (Norway) have started. In order to register a domain name during the sunrise of 1 of those 2 extensions, you need to be the owner of a registered trade mark.
The sunrise for .so started on November 1st 2010 and will end on November 30th 2010. If during the sunrise 2 or more persons file an application for the same name, this name will be sold during an auction between December 1st 2010 and December 15th 2010. Only the persons who filed an application can participate in the auction. Here you’ll find more information about the .so sunrise.
The sunrise for the .so extension will be followed by a landrush and finally by the general availability.
For .co.no the sunrise will last 3 months meaning it will end on January 31st 2011. They will immediately continue to the general availability which will start on February 22nd 2011. So from then on, everyone who wishes to do so can register a domain name under the .co.no extension. You’ll find more information about the .co.no sunrise here.
Important to know is that the .co.no domain is not an official Norwegian extension and that the .no registry has got nothing to do with this extension. You’ll find more information about that here.