350 register for '.in' domain address

Tuesday, 18 January 2005, 20:30 IST
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NEW DELHI: Around 350 applicants have registered for the India-specific domain name address on the World Wide Web with a '.in' (called 'dot in') extension during the sunrise period offered by the registrars up to Jan 21. The sunrise period, which commenced Jan 1, is available to registered companies and trademark owners to select their World Wide Web addresses in their names. Open registrations for all categories of applicants begin Feb 16 for selecting domain addresses from the remaining permutations and combinations. The government has named six accredited registrars for '.in' - Directi, Net4India, Good Luck Domains, OnlineNIC, SGS Technologies and Sify. In addition, state-run network operator Ernet India is registering academic and research institutions covering the domains such as 'edu.in', 'ac.in' and 'res.in'. At present, the National Informatics Centre (NIC) serves as the designated registrar for government organisations under the domain name '.gov.in'. Eventually, the government intends to appoint more registrars as the process is expected to be open and continuous, officials said.
Source: IANS
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