EURid

  • Pierre Verbaeten ( Chairman )
  • Marc Van Wesemael (General Manager)

EURid ( an acronym for European Registry of Internet Domain Names ) is a non-profit organization based in Diegem, near Brussels, Belgium. Other offices are located in Stockholm, Pisa and Prague. EURid is responsible for the operational and technical management of the top-level domain. Eu.

History

EURid was established by the EU Regulation 733/2002 of 22 April 2002 to life, which establishes a framework for the introduction of the top -level domain. Eu was created. The European Commission should describe in an "open, transparent and non-discriminatory selection " a registrar, who should take over the operative business of ending. In May 2003 it was announced that EURid finally able to prevail in the bidding against EUDR and other candidates.

The Communication Committee of the European Union agreed to the award criteria for new top -level domain in March 2004. Therefore, it was initially planned. Eu already in November 2004 to introduce. ICANN approved the introduction of. However eu only in March 2005, so that the whole process was delayed by several years. The consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers was commissioned by EURid with monitoring the so-called sunrise period.

In July 2005, the EURid first started trying to accredit registrars. Eu. The actual award was launched December 7, 2005: In the first step were holders of registered brands and public institutions eu domain names Register, in the second sunrise period and companies for their company name and others.. Public registration is available since April 2006.

Importance

Two years after the introduction of. Eu reported by EURid a stock of 2.8 million domains, and an average growth of 2,500 new addresses daily. EURid 2008 was thus one of the world's ten largest Network Information Centers. In addition, the EURid recorded an above-average high rate of renewals, which speaks for the high acceptance of the organization and. Eu.

Criticism

In September 2006, EURid was criticized, as during the introduction of. Failed eu domain name server. A short time later also prepared the so-called EPP server problems, who was responsible for the actual award. Experts and Hoster spoke of a series of mishaps that with adequate preparation could have been avoided.

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