IDN .be names

On June 11th 2013 DNS.be (.be-registry) starts offering the possibility to register IDN .be names. IDN names are domain name that may also contain non latin characters.

DNS.be has decided to use a set of characters that contains all accented letters in Dutch, French and German, the 3 official Belgian languages. Moreover also characters from other European languages were included, such as Swedish, Danish and Finnish characters. The following characters may be used: ß, à, á, â, ã, ó, ô, þ, ü, ú, ð, ä, å, ï, ç, è, õ, ö, ÿ, ý, ò, æ, é, ê, ë, ì, í, ø, ù, î, û, ñ, œ

DNS.be also decided there won’t be a sunrise for IDN .be names. This means that owners of a registered trademark won’t be given priority to register their mark first. The release will start immediately with a landrush during which everyone who wishes to do so can register an IDN name under the .be extension. The first come, first served principle will apply.

So the best thing to do is to pre-register your IDN .be name so your registrar can file your application on June 11th at the registry.