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Web addresses go worldwide

12 April 2012

Chinese, Hindi and other non-Latin alphabets were approved for use in web addresses today to make the internet more inclusive.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers made the decision after week-long talks in South Korea.

New domain names could be in use early next year in scripts such as Chinese and Arabic for which demand is high.

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