Generic top-level domainsIDNDNSSEC
Overview
.sfr is a brand gTLD delegated through ICANN's New gTLD Program for Societe Francaise du Radiotelephone (SFR). The TLD is intended to create an SFR-branded online environment and is operated in the DNS root by the registry OpenRegistry.
Key facts:
- Type: gTLD (brand)
- Operator / Owner: Societe Francaise du Radiotelephone (SFR)
- Registry: OpenRegistry
- Status: Delegated
History
- Application for .sfr was submitted as part of ICANN's New gTLD Program.
- The string was delegated to the DNS Root Zone on 01 December 2015.
- SFR is one of the largest mobile telecommunications and Internet service providers in France and a 100% subsidiary of the Vivendi Group.
Name collision / delegation path:
- In October 2013 ICANN released its assessment and mitigation plan for name collisions.
- On 18 November 2013 ICANN announced .sfr was among 25 applied-for strings not eligible for the alternative path and therefore required additional mitigation work before proceeding toward delegation.
Usage and Audience
- Primary intended user: SFR (Societe Francaise du Radiotelephone) and its subsidiaries, affiliates and joint ventures.
- Target audiences: SFR customers, visitors and stakeholders; corporate and marketing communications; branded services and offerings.
- SFR indicated it had not yet developed concrete plans to migrate content from existing domains (such as SFR.fr) but planned gradual development of a new online environment under .SFR.
SEO and Brand Impact
- As a brand TLD, .sfr is positioned to reinforce corporate identity and branding for SFR.
- SFR planned to use the TLD to make customers and stakeholders aware of a gradual development of a new online environment under .SFR.
Operator
Societe Francaise du Radiotelephone - SFR
Whois
% IANA WHOIS server % for more information on IANA, visit http://www.iana.org % This query returned 1 object domain: SFR organisation: Societe Francaise du Radiotelephone - SFR address: 12 Rue Jean-Philippe Rameau address: CS80001 address: Cedex address: La Plaine Saint Denis 93634 address: France contact: administrative name: Frederic Guillemaut organisation: SafeBrands address: SafeBrands address: 37 Rue Guibal address: Pôle Media address: Cedex address: Marseille 13003 address: France phone: +33488662207 fax-no: +33488662220 e-mail: tldsfr@safebrands.com contact: technical name: CTO organisation: CentralNic address: Saddlers House, 4th Floor address: 44 Gutter Lane address: London EC2V 6BR address: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the) phone: +44 20 33 88 0600 fax-no: +44 20 33 88 0601 e-mail: tld.ops@centralnic.com nserver: A.NIC.SFR 194.169.218.100 2001:67c:13cc:0:0:0:1:100 nserver: B.NIC.SFR 185.24.64.100 2a04:2b00:13cc:0:0:0:1:100 nserver: C.NIC.SFR 212.18.248.100 2a04:2b00:13ee:0:0:0:0:100 nserver: D.NIC.SFR 212.18.249.100 2a04:2b00:13ff:0:0:0:0:100 ds-rdata: 58083 13 2 14a8a386f7a03b845ebd3b58aa143b9a558bb1a93eb8bb121c03291dd6d537e6 ds-rdata: 25496 13 2 7516102f6d1f3343dabe0533df34c30b3f189dae89d61f691078ddc753653d9c whois: whois.nic.sfr status: ACTIVE remarks: Registration information: created: 2015-11-12 changed: 2024-01-31 source: IANA