Conscious of the rapid growth of the internet sector in the Asia/Pacific region, Hostway Corporation, the global leading web hosting provider, is offering pre-registration of .asia domains. The TLD will be available for registration to governments and trademark-holders in October, but this system gives others the opportunity to put in their request.

Hostway will automatically submit the pre-registration requests as soon as the domain registration period opens. If the .asia domain names are successfully acquired, the customer will be billed. Auctions will be held for domains which have been requested by more than one applicant.