httpwebwitch - 8:17 pm on Mar 24, 2010 (gmt 0)

ICANN isn't very forthcoming with info about this. A lot of their documents regarding "new" TLDs are over 10 years old.

A "gTLD" application costs $185,000 USD, plus a $100 USD registration fee, plus $6250 per year, plus $0.20 per domain registration, plus an enormous pile of red tape.

factsheet:
[icann.org...]

guidebook:
[icann.org...]

New gTLD's are supposed to support international characters, too. (I'm still looking for confirmation of that). There are big opportunities, if you have boatloads of money to toss in.