December date for internationalised .eu domain names
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - EURid welcomes the Swedish å, the German ü, and other characters newto .euBrussels, 10 September 2009 - EURid is pleased to announce that .euwill support internationalised domain names (IDNs) effective 10December. For the first time, residents of the European Union will beable to register a .eu domain name made up of non-Latin characters."IDNs are particularly important for .eu," notes Marc Van Wesemael,EURid General Manager."EURid supports all twenty-three official EU languages, and ouremployees come from twenty of the twenty-seven Member States.Supporting the use and growth of Internationalised Domain Names comesnaturally to us."IDNs are domain names that contain characters from non-ASCIIcharacter sets. Examples include the Swedish å, the German ü andcharacters from the Bulgarian and Greek alphabets as a whole.Van Wesemael made the announcement at the EURid Registrar Meetingheld in Brussels today. More information about .eu IDNs can be foundat http://link.eurid.eu/idns.EURid managers also announced that a .eu DNSSEC testbed will becomeavailable to registrars on 13 October. Such information is animportant part of each annual meeting. That is why registrars wereable to participate this year via a streaming-video webinar if theywere unable to attend in person.About .eu and EURidThe .eu domain ranks among the ten largest top-level domains in theworld, with users such as Daikin, Gucci, the MAN Group and Monchoix.EURid is a private, not-for-profit organisation that manages the .eutop-level domain under a contract with the European Commission. Tolearn more, visit www.eurid.eu.Media contactMaria Göth, EURid Communications ManagerEmail: press(at)eurid.euMobile: +46 (0)76 8755 188http://hugin.info/136310/R/1340685/320425.pdfThis announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
Datum: 10.09.2009 - 11:59 Uhr
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