Sébastien Ducos, the Senior Client Services Manager at Neustar, who is serving as the GeoTLD Group’s Chairman, said “With the new geographic TLDs, we enter into an age where local communities have their own slice of the Internet. With an international association we are now able to connect and promote the interests of our members and engage the different stakeholders locally, nationally and internationally.”

Current members of the GeoTLD Group are governments, institutions, companies and associations from 23 large cities and regions and language/culture communities across 16 countries. The group plans to make more cities, regions and communities aware of the advantages of their own local Internet identity and said the experience and best practice of the association and its members will help interested parties promote their benefits and speed access to their slice of the Internet.