The dotCities association was created at the ICANN conference.

At the ICANN meeting in Dakar, the dotCities association was created to unite the owners of top-level domains for cities.

The dotCities association includes representatives from 20 cities planning to apply for new domains. Among them are potential owners of .BERLIN, .WIEN, .HAMBURG, .LEIPZIG, .PARIS, .BCN (Barcelona), as well as .MOSCOW and .МОСКВА.

Many European capitals have expressed their desire to obtain top-level domains, including the authorities of Paris, London, Hamburg, Berlin, and Vienna, as well as Moscow.