.temasek New gTLD Application

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New gTLD Application Submitted to ICANN by: Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited

 

Application Downloaded On: 06 May 2014

 

String: temasek

 

Application ID: 1-848-96376

 

Applicant Information

 

  1. Full legal name

Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited

 

  1. Address of the principal place of business

60B Orchard Road #06-18

Tower 2 The Atrium@Orchard, Singapore - 238891 SG

 

  1. Phone number

+65 6828 6828

 

  1. Fax number

+65 6821 1188

 

  1. If applicable, website or URL

http://www.temasek.com.sg

 

Primary Contact

 

6(a). Name

Hatta Ruslan

 

6(b). Title

Senior Associate, Legal & Regulations

 

6(c). Address

 

6(d). Phone Number

+65 6828 2568

 

6(e). Fax Number

+65 6828 2318

 

6(f). Email Address

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Secondary Contact

 

7(a). Name

Sin Kian Ng

 

7(b). Title

Director, Strategic Relations

 

7(c). Address

 

7(d). Phone Number

+65 6828 2507

 

7(e). Fax Number

+65 6821 1188

 

7(f). Email Address

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Proof of Legal Establishment

 

8(a). Legal form of the Applicant

Private Limited Company

 

8(b). State the specific national or other jurisdiction that defines the type of entity identified in 8(a).

Singapore

 

8(c). Attach evidence of the applicant's establishment.

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9(a). If applying company is publicly traded, provide the exchange and symbol.

 

9(b). If the applying entity is a subsidiary, provide the parent company.

 

9(c). If the applying entity is a joint venture, list all joint venture partners.

 

Applicant Background

 

11(a). Name(s) and position(s) of all directors

Name

Position

Cheng Wai Keung Deputy Chairman

Goh Yew Lin Director

Ho Ching Executive Director & CEO

Kua Hong Pak Director; Chairman, Audit Committee

Lim Boon Heng Chairman

Marcus Wallenberg Director

Michael Lien Jown Leam Director

Robert Bruce Zoellick Director

Teo Ming Kian Director

Wong Yuen Kuai Lucien Director

 

11(b). Name(s) and position(s) of all officers and partners

Name

Position

Ang Peng Huat Managing Director, Investments

Ho Ching Executive Director & CEO

Leong Wai Leng Chief Financial Officer

 

11(c). Name(s) and position(s) of all shareholders holding at least 15% of shares

Name

Position

Minister for Finance (wholly owned by the Government of Singapore) Shareholder

 

11(d). For an applying entity that does not have directors, officers, partners, or shareholders: Name(s) and position(s) of all individuals having legal or executive responsibility

 

Applied-for gTLD string

 

  1. Provide the applied-for gTLD string. If an IDN, provide the U-label.

temasek

 

14A. If applying for an IDN, provide the A-label (beginning with "xn--").

 

 

14B. If an IDN, provide the meaning, or restatement of the string in English, that is, a description of the literal meaning of the string in the opinion of the applicant.

 

 

14C1. If an IDN, provide the language of the label (in English).

 

 

14C2. If an IDN, provide the language of the label (as referenced by ISO-639-1).

 

 

14D1. If an IDN, provide the script of the label (in English).

 

 

14D2. If an IDN, provide the script of the label (as referenced by ISO 15924).

 

 

14E. If an IDN, list all code points contained in the U-label according to Unicode form.

 

 

15A. If an IDN, upload IDN tables for the proposed registry.  An IDN table must include:

the applied-for gTLD string relevant to the tables,

the script or language designator (as defined in BCP 47),

table version number,

effective date (DD Month YYYY), and

contact name, email address, and phone number.

Submission of IDN tables in a standards-based format is encouraged.

 

 

15B. Describe the process used for development of the IDN tables submitted, including consultations and sources used.

 

 

15C. List any variants to the applied-for gTLD string according to the relevant IDN tables.

 

 

  1. Describe the applicant's efforts to ensure that there are no known operational or rendering problems concerning the applied-for gTLD string. If such issues are known, describe steps that will be taken to mitigate these issues in software and other applications.

 

To the applicant’s knowledge and belief, there are no known rendering problems with respect to the applied-for gTLD string

 

  1. OPTIONAL.

Provide a representation of the label according to the International Phonetic Alphabet (http://www.langsci.ucl.ac.uk/ipa/).

 

 

18A. Describe the mission/purpose of your proposed gTLD.

 

According to the Applicant, the purpose of the gTLD is manifold:

 

To allow the Applicant to develop an online platform that reflects its distinctive key brand “Temasek” as the top-level domain name.

 

To provide stakeholders of the Applicant with a recognizable and trusted identifier of the Applicant on the Internet.

 

To provide such stakeholders with a trusted and secure Internet environment that is fully under the control of the Applicant and its subcontractors.

 

The Applicant is an internationally recognized investment company established in 1974 and has been operating under the “Temasek” brand. The gTLD will allow the building of an online platform, identified with the “Temasek” brand, for the Applicant to reach out to its local and international stakeholders, which include, but are not limited to:

 

Bond holders and potential bond holders;

Business partners and potential business partners;

Portfolio and investee companies and potential investee companies;

Governments and regulators

Ratings agencies

Temasek’s non-profit philanthropic organisations and their beneficiaries

Employees and Potential employees

Interested members of the public

 

The gTLD will be used as an undisputed “Temasek” channel to provide stakeholders with information on the Applicant, which includes, but is not limited to:

 

Temasek’s corporate profile

Temasek’s financial and portfolio performance

Media releases issued by Temasek

Information on Temasek’s bonds, including offering circulars, ratings reports and other essential information that is provided to investors

Contact information of Temasek’s Singapore and overseas offices

Information on career opportunities with Temasek

 

As the owner of the gTLD, the Registry will put in place proper policies to administer domain name registrations, and determine strict eligibility requirements for domain name registrants in the gTLD.

 

The new gTLD application will allow the Applicant to protect the “Temasek” brand name at the top level for the DNS’ hierarchy, minimizing abuse or misuse of the “Temasek” trademarks and identity theft arising from wrongful use of the “Temasek” brand.

 

This will prevent confusion among Internet users arising from such improper use as to which is the Applicant’s official website.

 

18B. How do you expect that your proposed gTLD will benefit registrants, Internet users, and others?

 

The goal of the gTLD application is :

 

To allow the Applicant to develop an online platform that reflects its distinctive key brand “Temasek” as the top-level domain name.

 

To provide users with an unambiguous and undisputed “Temasek” channel.

 

.TEMASEK would bring a high degree of recognition and specialization to the existing name space.

 

Where in most cases the specific connotation that has been initially given to the gTLDs (or even ccTLDs) has disappeared, the .TEMASEK top-level domain is currently intended to be unambiguous as regards the identity of the Registry Operator, the source of the content and services offered under the .TEMASEK and⁄or the affiliation between the Registry Operator and the gTLD.

 

The gTLD will provide end users with a highly recognizable and trusted identifier on the Internet in relation to the Applicant’s “Temasek” brand name, and would provide an unambiguous channel for users to be provided information about the Applicant.

 

The Applicant intends to implement the following policies and procedures with respect to the registration of domain names in the .TEMASEK top-level domain:

 

Reservation of domain names in the name of the Applicant prior to launch. These names include but are not limited to :

 

descriptive names, associated with the Applicant and⁄or its group companies;

descriptive names, referring to the actual business activities of the Applicant and⁄or its group companies;

descriptive names, referring to the internal departments of the Applicant and⁄or its group companies;

 

Mechanics will be put in place to allow for the following upon launch of the gTLD:

 

Sunrise: to allow physical persons, organizations and entities that meet the eligibility requirements in force at that point in time to register their domain in accordance with the applicable terms and conditions;

 

Land rush and general availability: other available domain names may be registered by physical persons, organizations and entities that meet the eligibility requirements in force at that point in time in accordance with the applicable terms and conditions.

 

Depending on the terms and conditions in force at the time of launch of the gTLD, these domain names may or may not be registered in the name of the Applicant for the domain name or in the name of the Applicant for the gTLD (.TEMASEK).

 

The Registry shall at all times exercise control over each and any domain name applied for and registered under the .TEMASEK gTLD. The Applicant reserves the right to impose additional and other restrictions from time to time at its sole discretion. All registrations of domain names under the .TEMASEK gTLD shall be subject to the Applicant’s consent.

 

All information that the applicant receives will be subject to controls and procedures, established via an information security policy that outlines the proper:

 

Classification;

Management;

Protection and

Handling

 

of all confidential information, including confidential information of registrants.

 

The Applicant may employ various methods to make existing and future visitors and stakeholders aware of the (gradual) move from its TEMASEK domain name to the .TEMASEK gTLD, including but not limited to:

 

Search engine optimization and other tagging which facilitates easy access by internet users;

Internet advertising campaigns, including paid search, pay-per-click advertising, etc.;

having Internet traffic to the TEMASEK domain name resolving into domain names registered in the .TEMASEK gTLD; email and other marketing campaigns.

 

18C. What operating rules will you adopt to eliminate or minimize social costs (e.g., time or financial resource costs, as well as various types of consumer vulnerabilities)? What other steps will you take to minimize negative consequences/costs imposed upon consumers?

 

The Applicant will organize the registry operation for the .TEMASEK in any of the following manners to handle multiple applications for a particular domain name::

 

The Applicant ⁄ Registry Operator may reserve, delegate and use a large number of domain names that are directly or indirectly relevant to Applicant’s business in its own name. As some of these domain names would be descriptive in nature, the chances for qualifying ⁄ eligible applicants ⁄ registrants to register such domain names after the launch will be limited.

 

The Registry Operator may release available domain names post-launch in a highly controlled manner, which also reduces the likelihood that two or more applicants qualify for the registration of the same domain name in the .TEMASEK top-level domain.

 

As a method of last resort, and subject to the actual domain name registration policy adopted by the Registry Operator and in force at the time of registration, domain names will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

 

The Applicant intends to make the .TEMASEK top-level domain available to qualifying domain name registrants only. Although the Registry may initially make such registrations available at no cost for these qualifying registrants, it shall at all times, be entitled to set fees; if the Applicant ⁄ Registry Operator would be required to charge a fee for the registration of domain names under the .TEMASEK gTLD, the fee will be set at a cost-recovery or arm’s length basis, to be determined by the Registry.

 

If the Applicant ⁄ Registry Operator will be required to increase the fees for the registration of domain names, such increases will keep pace with the cost-recovery or arm’s length character referred to above.