In a recent development the net regulator Icann has invited countries to have their own “internationalized domain names” in non-Latin characters. Egypt and Saudi Arabi has expressed their willingness to apply for Arabic domains.  People can apply for domain in languages such as Chinese. It is expected the first official international web address would come in 2010. According to Peter Dengate Trush, chairman of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) , “The IDN [International Domain Names] program will encompass close to one hundred thousand characters, opening up the internet to billions of potential users around the globe,” said Peter Dengate Thrush, chairman of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann).

It has been described as the biggest change to Internet as it was discovered 40 years ago and half of the internet users do not use Latin based scripts as their native language as told Icann president Rod Beckstrom. “IDNs are about making the internet more global and accessible for everyone.” He further told that Icann had “already received six applications from around the world for three different scripts. These bids are from Russia and Egypt here the newly scripted domains would be translated into the appropriate IP addresses. Countries like China and Thailand have already started domain in their native languages, yet they are not completely approved for the international recognition.