July 6, 2006 at 13:452 million EU domain names
The international consortium EURid , which was established by the administrators of the national domains of Belgium, Italy and Sweden and which is responsible for managing the pan-European domain, announced that the EU domain has become the third most popular domain in Europe among top-level domains, the press service of the company Ru-Center .
“When we opened the EU domain for registrations in April this year, we were confident in its future popularity, but the reality exceeded all expectations. We are pleased to note the widespread interest among residents of European countries in the new domain, ”said Mark Van Wesemale, Managing Director of the EURid Consortium.
Recall that among the countries whose residents register domain names in the EU domain, Germany is still the leader, which accounts for 631 thousand domains in the EU zone; in second place - the UK (373 thousand) and the third place is taken by the Netherlands.
“When we opened the EU domain for registrations in April this year, we were confident in its future popularity, but the reality exceeded all expectations. We are pleased to note the widespread interest among residents of European countries in the new domain, ”said Mark Van Wesemale, Managing Director of the EURid Consortium.
Recall that among the countries whose residents register domain names in the EU domain, Germany is still the leader, which accounts for 631 thousand domains in the EU zone; in second place - the UK (373 thousand) and the third place is taken by the Netherlands.