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PRESS RELEASE:
.CO General Availability Phase Now Open at EuroDNS
Create your opportunity today!


EuroDNS is glad to announce the opening of the General Availability period for .CO domain names.
Register today any .CO domain names for 24 Euro by clicking here, and benefit from the promotion.
The general availability corresponds to the opening of the .CO to the general public. All available .CO domain names can now be registered on a first-come, first-served basis

.CO is a unique opportunity offering registrants a new experience in the branding of their online presence. The .CO extension is assimilated to the notions of visibility, international and credibility. There is a strong sense of attractiveness in these two letters extension and .CO is also highly related to social networks. .CO works perfectly with words such as “COmpany”, “COrporation”, “COmmerce”, “COtent”, “COnnect”, “Communicate”, “and COllaborate”.

Xavier Buck, comments “We are happy to be part of the .CO new era, and offer our customers the possibility to register .CO domain names and thus consolidate their portfolio. We did already open a .CO pre-registration period for the general availability one month ago and it now officially open.  .CO is considered to be the world’s next premier web address. There are lot of opportunities associated to such an extension so don’t miss this new trend!”. 

.CO is more than the top level domain for the Republic of Colombia and enjoys liberal domain registration policies with no domicile or burdensome requirements for example.


For more information, please go to: http://www.eurodns.com/top-level-domain/Columbia/Co

EuroDNS Partners with Open-Xchange to Provide Hosted Groupware

250,000 customers of EuroDNS get Open-Xchange webmail and PIM at no additional charge


LUXEMBOURG, June 30th, 2010 – Open-Xchange, a provider of business-class open source e-mail and collaboration software, announced today an agreement with EuroDNS, a domain name registrar specialized in international domain extensions, to offer hosted e-mail and collaboration.

Within the next month, more than 250,000 customers of EuroDNS will get both Open-Xchange webmail and PIM (Personal Information Management) at no additional charge with an option to move to full groupware, as well as support for mobile devices.

“Our SME (small- and medium-size enterprise) customers have been asking us for hosted applications to improve their office communication and securely store their documents,” said Xavier Buck, CEO of EuroDNS. “Open-Xchange is the ideal platform to extend our application services from hosting to SaaS. Open-Xchange provides unmatched user experience and features, along with a very attractive price point for our customers."

"Open-Xchange helps service providers to gain competitive advantage and significantly grow profitability,” said Rafael Laguna, CEO of Open-Xchange. “By leveraging our Open-Xchange software, EuroDNS will strengthen their relationship with existing customers, increase their average revenue per user and attract new customers."

Open-Xchange software integrates e-mail, calendar, contact and task management with advanced groupware features such as information management and document sharing. Productivity is enhanced through unique teamwork features, like team view, single-password document sharing, and shared calendars, contacts, tasks and documents.

With recently introduced “Social OX” features, Open-Xchange also gives users the ability to consolidate any kind of existing webmail accounts — for example from Google and Yahoo — into a folder in Open-Xchange so they can be managed more easily. In addition, contact details from social networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn or Xing can be added automatically to the Open-Xchange address book — giving users easy access to the latest contact information within their personal network. Users can now integrate and merge their address books from Google Mail and Facebook into Open-Xchange, as well.

Open-Xchange is used by more than 15 million users worldwide as hosted and on-premises business-class e-mail and groupware.


About EuroDNS
EuroDNS is a Domain name Registrar specialized in International Domain extensions. Based in Luxembourg with branch offices in Europe, the U.S. and Asia with AsiaDNS, EuroDNS serves a large variety of clients ranging from SMEs to some of the world’s largest Domain Investors and offers dedicated naming solutions to trademark holders. By strongly participating in leading industry forums including ICANN and the International Trademark Association, EuroDNS seeks to promote e-Commerce and wider Internet adoption. For more information, visit www.eurodns.com.


About Open-Xchange
Open-Xchange is the innovator of scalable and integrated open source e-mail and collaboration solutions for enterprises, academic institutions, and government authorities. The company provides on-premises versions called Open-Xchange Server Edition and Open-Xchange Appliance Edition, along with Open-Xchange Hosting Edition, which enables web hosting companies to provide an easy-to-use and feature-rich application delivered as Software as a Service (SaaS). The Open-Xchange Hosting Edition is architected to integrate into a hosting provider’s existing infrastructure, such as authentication, provisioning, billing, and e-mail storage and does not require that these systems be replaced.

Open-Xchange AG is a privately-held company headquartered in Nuremberg, Germany with offices in Olpe, Germany and Tarrytown, N.Y. For more information, visit www.open-xchange.com.

.CO Landrush Phase Now Open at EuroDNS

Luxembourg, June 21st 2010 - EuroDNS is glad to announce the opening of the .CO Landrush phase. The pre-registration is also open for the General Availability period.

The Landrush period gives the opportunity to anyone interested in securing a short and memorable domain name of high commercial value to submit an application before the General Availability begins. An auction will be used in case of matching domain names.

.CO is a unique opportunity offering registrants a new experience in the branding of their online presence. The .CO extension is assimilated to the notions of visibility, international and credibility. There is a strong sense of attractiveness in these two letters extension and .CO is also highly related to social networks. .CO works perfectly with words such as “COmpany”, “COrporation”, “COmmerce”, “COtent”, “COnnect”, “Communicate”, “and COllaborate”.

Xavier Buck, comments “The .CO landrush is the next step in the .CO launch.  This extension is opening a new era and considered to be the world’s next premier web address. We are offering you the possibility to also pre-register your .CO domain name for the General Availability phase”. 

.CO is more than the top level domain for the Republic of Colombia and enjoys liberal domain registration policies with no domicile or burdensome requirements for example.

There are two launch phases for the .CO domain registration process. These phases are the Landrush and General Availability.

Landrush, from June 21st to July 16th , 2010 – The landrush is a period during which interested parties can seek to register priority domains not previously registered or reserved by the Registry or Restricted by Policy. An auction process will be used to allocate domain names in the event that more than one applicant applies for the same domain. Due to its early-bird status, Landrush Registration is subject to an increased price, directly determined by the Registry. This is why a yearly premium registration fee of €260 will be charged on top of the non refundable €10 validation fee.

General Availability is starting on July 20th, 2010 – The general availability is the date when .CO opens to the general public, and available .CO domain names can be registered on a first-come, first-served basis. The yearly fee will be of €28.

For more information, please go to: http://www.eurodns.com/top-level-domain/Columbia/Co

Today, DCL Group, a leading Internet and e-commerce company, made of the well known Datacenter Luxembourg, EuroDNS and voipGATE, reaches a milestone as it celebrates its 10 year anniversary.

Headquartered in Luxembourg, DCL Group has managed to position itself strongly on the European map and also across the oceans in its respective fields of expertise: Datacenter and Infrastructure, Domain Names, Telecommunication and VoIP.
With the recent creation of LuxCloud, DCL Group is opening a new era and positioning itself as a leader and key Internet player within the Grand Duchy and Europe.
Xavier Buck, Founder and CEO of EuroDNS, comments “These 10 years have been exciting and challenging. We have had hectic and interesting moments throughout the years. Thanks to the commitment and belief of a number of actors, as well as strong operational teams, we have achieved our goals. Internet is a fast moving world and we are completely in tune with it ”
It all started with the meeting of two completely different characters, Marco Houwen and Xavier Buck who decided to change the Internet world. They were ready and eager to become pioneers and open new eras. They started their journey with the creation of Datacenter Luxembourg (www.datacenter.eu) in 2000, which became an independent and leading datacentre service provider. In just a few years and thanks to constantly improving infrastructure and connectivity within the Grand Duchy, Datacenter Luxembourg expanded within the European scene with a large panel of services.

Only 2 years later and in the wake of the .EU domain name extension, Xavier Buck decided to take over the domain name world and he created EuroDNS (www.eurodns.com), a worldwide domain name registrar. Today, EuroDNS counts more than 300 extensions and is much more than just a registrar. EuroDNS covers all aspects of the industry: the primary market with its large panel of extensions worldwide; the secondary market targeting domain name investment and auctioning with Domain Invest (www.domaininvest.lu); the online brand management with its corporate arm eBrand Services (www.ebrandservices.com), helping some of Europe’s largest companies to develop and strongly position their brand on the Internet; the media side with the management and deployment of the domain name news portal, DomainNews (www.domainnews.com);  the domain name recovery side with DomainRecovery.com, which provides an online step-by-step solution to the domain recovery needs; major tools such as domain history, monitoring, ownership search, mark alert and typo squat domain finder, thanks to the participation of EuroDNS in one of the top 200 most trafficked websites in the world, Domain Tools (www.domaintools.com).

Following the new technological trends and the telecommunication industry, Xavier and Marco created voipGATE (www.voipgate.com) in 2004. voipGATE rapidly became a unique and leading Operator in Voice over IP by offering telecommunication services and local Phone Numbers across the world. voipGATE also created strong partnerships with PBX key brands and various mobile devices. The insurance of flexibility, reliability and ease of use are truly part of voipGATE’s goals and values.

Marco Houwen concludes, “We couldn’t have written the last 10 years differently and I am proud of what we have achieved and where we stand today. With our constant willingness to create, reach, innovate, and be successful, the next 10 years will surely be full of surprises and new challenges. And we are ready!”

 See you in 2020!

EuroDNS is proud to announce the opening of IDN.tel, which allows the registration of .tel domain names in sixteen different languages.

The IDNs give companies and individuals the chance to register domain names that contain non-Latin characters under the .tel domain. All registrations will be on a first-come, first served basis. One and two character IDN.tel domains will also be available.

Register today and benefit from our 50% promotion. Use the promocode TELGOIDN, valid until July 15th, 2010.

The languages selected by the .tel registry, Telnic, are as follows: Chinese, Danish, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Swedish. More languages will follow based on demand and possibilities.
 
Xavier Buck, CEO of EuroDNS, notes “The introduction of IDN.tel is part of our willingness and efforts to offer a maximum of IDNs, whenever it is technically possible and for any domain name extensions in which IDNs are available. We have recently launched IDNs in .LU, .PL, .EU, .DE, .COM and .NET, and the list will keep expanding this year. Please stay tuned!”.

Over 275,000 .tel names have been registered in just under one year of their availability. .tel domain names have essentially attracted businesses and individual professionals wanting a single branded place online without the hassle of building and maintaining a traditional website to look again at this cost-effective and innovative service.

“With the launch of IDN.tel names, individuals and organizations in many more countries can now benefit from a simple, single and professional point of contact that they can share with friends, colleagues and customers and which is instantly formatted for any device connected to the internet,” said Justin Hayward, Communications Director at Telnic Limited. “With its low cost, ease of setup and support for multiple languages, a .tel name is an incredibly accessible and beneficial tool to enable people to connect in the way they want to, both locally and worldwide.”

 To celebrate the start of the Football World Cup in South Africa, we are happy to announce a promotional campaign on any CO.ZA domain names registered from today until the end of the summer.

Get your CO.ZA for only 8 Euro, using the promocode WC2010, valid until end July 2010.

Enter the South African domain name space and actively participate to the football World Cup in South Africa. Xavier Buck, CEO of EuroDNs, says “This is your chance to gain great visibility during the World Cup and position yourself right under the glare of the spotlights by getting your .CO.ZA domain name today! For the occasion and to celebrate this fun sporting event, you can now get a 50% discount on any domains registered in the CO.ZA extension”.
.za is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for South Africa and the .CO.ZA is largely used for commercial purposes.
At the same time, you can also consolidate your domain name portfolio by choosing between the 250 and more extensions that EuroDNS offers, from generic extensions (.com, .org, .net…) to country code ones (.DE, .BE, .FR, .NL…).

For more information on EuroDNS’s services and any partnership possibilities, please go to: www.eurodns.com

 

EuroDNS/AsiaDNS is glad to announce the launch of a great promotional campaign for any .ASIA domain names registered or renewed today until end of August 2010. 
It is your chance to get your .ASIA or renew it for only 9 Euro, using the promocode REASIA9.

dotAsia has reached around 300,000 names registered since two years now, and .Asia has become a significant extension worldwide for e-commerce and visibility, with coverage of 70 countries, from the Middle East, to the Far East and Oceania regions. 


Leona Chen, DotAsia Organisation Ltd., explains, “Having a .Asia web extension makes it easier for people to find you online, because it improves search engine ranking organically for searches related to Asia. Besides, .Asia web address is a natural fit for your Asian content or target market. Another important point is that every .Asia registration helps fund community work in Asia”.      

     
Xavier Buck, CEO of EuroDNS/AsiaDNS, comments, “the landrush renewal period is under way and it is important to act as soon as possible, using the 50% discount we are offering you this summer. We strongly believe in the strength of the .ASIA extension as it provides a perfect way to reach the Asian market and offer you the possibility to position your brand. Don’t miss this”.
Xavier also adds, “We are currently going through Landrush renewals, a lot of good names may become available again.  Get your .Asia web extension today!”
 For more information and to register your .Asia, go here:
www.asiadns.com 

Luxembourg May 18th, 2010 – EuroDNS, a worldwide registrar, and its corporate branch, eBrand Services, will be participating to the International Trademark Association’s must-attend Annual Event held in Boston, starting on May 23rd until the 26th. This Annual Meeting is a major event in the intellectual property field, with numerous educational programs, workshops, trademark and law sessions focusing on International topics. Xavier Buck, CEO of EuroDNS comments, “It is the third time we will be present at INTA and we are delighted to meet with IP professionals willing to learn more about domain name management and protection. One on one meetings and demonstrations will take place at our booth. A member of our corporate branch, eBrand Services, will also be present with more to tell about efficient portfolio management, brand protection, cost savings and the dotBrand project. We will also take this opportunity to launch our new service focusing on domain name recovery www.domainrecovery.com. We are looking forward to meeting you at booth 642!”. DomainRecovery.com has gathered years of legal expertise and key partners in the Internet community to provide an online step-by-step solution to your domain recovery needs. From the first alert to the final transfer of the domain, everything is included. The dotBrand project is part of EuroDNS and eBrand’s ongoing efforts to follow the drastic evolution of the Internet world and guide customers into the new gTLDs’ world. This new evolution will not only allow companies to turn their brand into a domain name, or to create dedicated Internet spaces for large product groups and countries, but also to be part of the new gTLDs strategy, by having dedicated sub domains. The new gTLDs will open up the Internet to a new platform for innovation, diversity, e-business and competition. INTA’s exhibition hall will gather more than 90 exhibitors featuring new products and cutting-edge demonstrations. The networking opportunities are numerous, which makes the INTA Annual Meeting the only place to meet thousands of IP experts and stay current on trademark developments. Don’t miss this opportunity, come along to booth 642! About EuroDNS EuroDNS is a Domain name Registrar specialized in International Domain extensions. Based in Luxembourg with branch offices in Europe, the USA and Asia with AsiaDNS, EuroDNS serves a large variety of clients ranging from SMEs to some of the world’s largest Domain Investors and offers dedicated naming solutions to Trademark holders. By strongly participating in leading industry forums including ICANN and the International Trademark Association, EuroDNS seeks to promote e-Commerce and wider Internet adoption. www.eurodns.com About eBrand Services eBrand Services acts as consultant for some of Europe’s largest companies willing to develop and strongly position their brand on the Internet, thanks to its expertise in domain names management and strategies. eBrand Services has offices and local expertise all around Europe. www.ebrandservices.com Contact on the booth for One to One meetings: Jean-Christophe Vignes – Executive VP and General Counsel, EuroDNS/eBrand Legal Services Melanie Delannoy – Marketing & Communication manager, EuroDNS Espen Falkenhaug – MD, eBrand Services NL

Get your .EU and .AT for only 8 Euro.
Use promocodes: 8AT5 and 8EU5!

Register for the .CO Sunrise Today & Pre-Register for the Landrush and Go Live

Luxembourg, April 29th 2010 - EuroDNS is glad to announce the opening of the .CO Sunrise phase, reserved for holders of Trademarks to enable them to register the corresponding .CO domain names on a priority basis. The pre-registration is also open for the Landrush and General Availability periods.
To benefit from this priority period and secure your .CO, register your domain name today at EuroDNS for €260.  
.CO is a unique opportunity offering registrants a new experience in the branding of their online presence. The .CO extension is assimilated to the notions of visibility, international and credibility. There is a strong sense of attractiveness in these two letters extension and .CO is also highly related to social networks. .CO works perfectly with words such as “COmpany”, “COrporation”, “COmmerce”, “COtent”, “COnnect”, “Communicate”, “and COllaborate”.
Xavier Buck, comments “.CO is opening a new era and considered to be the world’s next premier web address. We are proud to be part of the .CO Sunrise registration period and we are also offering you the possibility to register for the Landrush and General Availability phases. We will also be providing some promotional prices, so stay tuned at EuroDNS”.  
.CO is more than the top level domain for the Republic of Colombia and enjoys liberal domain registration policies with no domicile or burdensome requirements for example.
There are three launch phases for the .CO domain registration process. These phases are known as Global Sunrise, Landrush and General Availability.
Sunrise for trademarks registered globally, from April 26th to June 10th, 2010. The Sunrise Process was created to allow trademark holders to prevent the abusive registration of domain names for which they hold rights. This sunrise gives the holders of certain eligible registered trademarks the right to apply for the .CO domain names corresponding with their trademarks before the registration of domain names under the .CO TLD is open to the public at large. The registration fee of €260 is non refundable and there is an extra €28 per year.
Landrush, from June 21st to July 13th , 2010 – The landrush is a period during which interested parties can seek to register priority domains not previously registered or reserved by the Registry or Restricted by Policy. An auction process will be used to allocate domain names in the event that more than one applicant applies for the same domain. Due to its early-bird status, Landrush Registration is subject to an increased price, directly determined by the Registry. This is why a yearly premium registration fee of €260 will be charged on top of the non refundable €10 validation fee.

General Availability is starting on July 20th, 2010 – The general availability is the date when .CO opens to the general public, and available .CO domain names can be registered on a first-come, first-served basis. The yearly fee will be of €28.
For more information, please go to: http://www.eurodns.com/top-level-domain/Columbia/Co

EuroDNS welcomes AFNIC’s opening of .FR domain names
to all French citizens outside France!

Luxembourg, April 14th, 2010 - EuroDNS is glad to support AFNIC’s opening of the .FR domain names to French citizens residing in a foreign country, lowering the geographical restrictions previously in place.
For years registration of a .FR Domain Name used to be possible only for French Companies and citizens with a valid address in France. Starting this month, French citizens no longer have to actually live in France to be able to acquire a .FR domain name for their e-mail addresses or web sites. While AFNIC does not require the interested individual to produce its passport before entering the Registration request, EuroDNS has been informed that random checks may occur following the registration where the individual will have to send a document confirming its French citizenship. 
Xavier Buck, EuroDNS CEO, comments “This decision is a step in the right direction and should finally allow French citizens – whether in bordering countries such as Luxembourg or in the other side of the world – to express themselves with a domain name linked to their home country. Having worked for years towards the wide adoption of local domain names by individuals and companies, EuroDNS is proud to support this limited opening”  
To celebrate this achievement, EuroDNS customers can now benefit from a discount on their .FR domain names registrations using the promocode FRABROAD.
It will take AFNIC another two years to finally accept registration of .FR from all individuals and structures located within the European Union, in 2012. Contrary to many Registries in the world, there are currently no plans to allow non-French individuals outside of Europe to register a .FR Domain Name. 
For more information on the .FR, please check here: http://www.eurodns.com/top-level-domain/France/Fr

EuroDNS announces the opening of the .LU IDN Go Live period
Register your .LU Today!

EuroDNS is proud to announce the opening of the .LU Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) Go Live period. 
Get your .LU for only 25 Euro, using the promo code LUGO10 or going directly to: http://www.eurodns.com/promo/LUGO10?mk=promoLUGO10

The Go Live period is open to all and is based on a “first come, first served principle”. The IDNs give companies and individuals based in the European Union the chance to register domain names that contain non-Latin characters under the .LU domain.

Xavier Buck, CEO of EuroDNS explains, “EuroDNS was one of the first registrars accredited by the .LU registry to allow the registration of LU IDNs and we are now proud to be part of this great launch. Luxembourg has 3 main languages, Luxembourgish, French and German, so this is a great opportunity to have your .LU written in your own language and alphabet”. 
During the GO Live, no restrictions apply, so get your name .LU IDN name today and also benefit from our promotion.

The opening of the .LU IDN follows the recent launch of .PL, .EU, .DE, .COM and .NET IDNs.

For more information on .LU IDNs, please go to: http://www.eurodns.com/top-level-domain/Luxembourg/Lu

EuroDNS announces a great .EU promotion for the coming months. Register today your .EU at http://www.eurodns.com/promo/9EU10 and get 50% discount. 
By registering a .eu, the registrant can also get Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs). This means that anyone based in the European Union can register domain names containing non-Latin characters under the .eu domain.
About 3 Million .eu domain names have been registered since the launch of the extension in 1999. The advantages of having a .eu are numerous. The fact to belong to the European community, gathering 27 countries, is significant for businesses and also individuals wishing to implement themselves in Europe. Having a .eu is also having a strong European identity and opens more opportunities on both the business and social sides.
The arrival of the IDNs a few months ago has definitively been a great step forward and has allowed the existing 23 official languages and alphabets to be used and recognized as domain names.

IDNs are domain names that contain non-Latin characters. These characters include, for example, the Swedish å, the German ü, the Romanian ș, the Cyrillic й, Latin accents such as é and characters from the Bulgarian and Greek alphabets. The characters that will be supported can be found here: http://www.eurid.eu/en/eu-domain-names/idns-eu/supported-characters
Don’t miss the 9 Euro Promotion!

Learn about the new Internet Extensions at ICT Spring 2010!
Luxembourg, March 2nd 2010 – Panelist on ICT Spring’s Intellectual Property workshop, EuroDNS will talk on “Dots for Your trademarks” to unveil the opportunities new Internet extensions represent for brand owners.

Over the years, EuroDNS has witnessed tremendous evolution of the Internet with the introduction of specific Top Level Domains (TLDs) such as .Info, .Mobi, and .Asia. The creation of these new extensions has helped companies gain more visibility and presence online and has made the search for specific products and services faster and more straightforward. This momentum will continue with the creation of new extensions, from special purposes ones, generic terms to brand names (ie: .Paris, .Berlin, .Music…).

Jean-Christophe Vignes, Executive Vice-President & General Counsel of DCL Group/EuroDNS, will present at ICT Spring and explains, “While the introduction of hundreds of new TLDs may be seen as a threat by brand owners, we believe the proper information is the only missing bit to allow companies to make the most of this huge opportunity”.

Indeed, new TLDs will give Trademarks immediate recognition on the Internet: a new URL shuch as ‘http://MyBrand’ is much more memorable than ‘http://www.myproduct.com’! So-called ‘dotBrand” TLDs will also give companies a way to control their own Internet space and distribute domain names to all subsidiaries, key entities…or even customers. It will definitively help companies protect their brands and gain even more visibility.

ICT Spring Europe is the first edition of a conference in Luxembourg oriented towards business technology and its latest evolutions, with a great focus on International players’ needs and expectations.

Scheduled right after the ICANN meeting in Nairobi, ICT Spring Europe is quite timely. Indeed 2010 should be the decisive year at the end of which all applications for new gTLDs should be submitted and reviewed. When this window closes, applicants may need to wait several years before having the opportunity to create their own extension. Therefore, companies should act now to benefit from this opportunity. With its corporate branch eBrand Services, EuroDNS, offers the necessary expertise and guidance every step of the way during the whole process.

EuroDNS is celebrating the 25 years of existence of .com by starting a great 25 days promotional campaign. Get your .com now for only 7 Euro by clicking here or using the code 25COM25.
The first .com domain was registered in 1985 and the number of .com names has grown drastically to reach the recent figure of 80 Million. The domain was first administered by the U.S. Department of Defense and then opened to commercial entities. The popularization and commercialization of the Internet turned the .com into an extension opened to all.
Xavier Buck, CEO of EuroDNS, comments “The history of the Internet and the domain names started with the .com extension. At the beginning there were just a handful of domain name extensions to choose from, essentially generic ones. Then the country code level domains came into place as well as more generic and sub domains. We can now list more than 260 types of extensions and 192 Million domain name registered in total, but these figures are evolving every day. At EuroDNS we already offer 150 different types of extensions and also a great promotion for the 25 years of the .com . Don’t miss this opportunity, click here”.
To celebrate the 25 years, .com operator, VeriSign, is organizing a high profile event, on March 16th , during which will be recognized the major innovators and leaders of the .com area. The top 75 people and companies having impacted most the Internet world have already been selected, and the".com 25" will be announced soon.
EuroDNS offers a significant number of domain name extensions from the generic ones, such as .ORG and .NET to country code top level domains, such as .FR, .DE and .ES. There is a great possibility to consolidate one’s portfolio with EuroDNS and benefit from a large number of free and added value services. 
EuroDNS also provides resellers programs: API type or our Affiliate scheme (http://www.eurodns.com/AboutUs/view_category/6). At EuroDNS there is also a possibility to get a dedicated account manager and great dedicated prices.

For any questions related to the above matters, please get in touch with sales@eurodns.com

.Mobi joins Afilias family – EuroDNS Valentine’s day special

Afilias just announced the acquisition of mTLD Top-Level Domain Ltd., the sponsoring organization and registry operator for the .mobi top-level domain, for which they were already backend provider.

To celebrate this “marriage” properly EuroDNS gives you an extra promotion on .Info and .Mobi. You can now register your .MOBI and INFO for only 9 Euro, using the promocodes 9MOBI10 and 9INFO10.
These great discounts are valid from today until Feb 15th, 2010.
Formore information, read here: http://www.afilias.info/mobi+acquisition

EuroDNS launches a mobile version of its website (http://eurodns.mobi), essentially made for iPhone users, which enables a simplified and faster process for the registration of any domain names.  
The mobile version has been created entirely based on EuroDNS’s existing interface and tools. Users will have the possibility to register any domain names and login into their EuroDNS account to perform renewals. The look and feel has been adapted to the iPhone’s default navigation elements.
Xavier Buck, CEO of EuroDNS explains, “As we have entered the iPhone era, we needed to develop a mobile presence in order to allow our users to be able to register their domain names from their mobile, whenever and wherever. We have managed to aggregate EuroDNS’s look and feel and a number of tools. We have also rendered the registration process much simpler and faster, and all the elements are quickly accessible through a user friendly menu structure. To access the EuroDNS Mobile version, use your iPhone and browse: eurodns.mobi or m.eurodns.com". 
In addition to quick registration, EuroDNS customers using the mobile version will also have the possibility to view EuroDNS’s FAQs, subscribe to the Newsletter and get some extra information.
The benefits of this mobile version are endless and eurodns.mobi will be constantly updated and improved to fit customers’ needs and expectations.
For more information on EuroDNS and our monthly promotions, please go to: www.eurodns.com

To celebrate the upcoming 2 years anniversary of the .ME, EuroDNS announces a great 50% promotion on the registration and renewal of any .ME domain names. 
Get your .ME for only 12 Euro, by clicking here: http://www.eurodns.com/promo/12ME10 or by using the promocode: 12ME10.
.ME is the Top Level Domain for Montenegro but the extension is defined more by the personal meaning attached to it than the country it represents. In 2 years of existence, .ME has reached more than 350,000 registrations, from 190 different countries. It is important to note that 80% of the names registered have built proper web sites and 687 .ME domains are ranked in the 1 million most searched sites on the Internet. .ME has become a successful, internationalized and popular extension.
.ME offers a number of catchy names’ possibilities and marketing tools for both business and individuals. As the .ME registry summarizes well: “Me is about You”. The .ME registry has released a number of great names’ examples: Interact‐with.Me, DayDreamWith.Me, Network with .Me, Work‐with.Me, youAnd.Me, BlogDoctor.Me. The words’ association and combination are endless.

Xavier Buck, CEO of EuroDNS, comments “we launched .ME in May 2008 and the registrations haven’t stopped growing since.  .ME offers so many possibilities in terms of marketing and innovativeness for companies, organizations and also personal sites. To follow this positive and ongoing trend, we are offering a 50% discount until this summer. Don’t miss this chance!”.  
.Me is recognized as “a true phenomenon among TLDs because of its unforgettable meaning and limitless word combination possibilities, .Me gives a truly personal tone to your domain name. If you are looking for a name that speaks for itself .Me is your best choice. Let .Me speak for your online business or personal blog”, states the .ME registry, Affilias.

To register your .ME now, go here!

Datacenter Luxembourg, EuroDNS and voipGATE at ICT Spring Europe 2010 – Meet us there!


Luxembourg, February 4th 2010 – Datacenter Luxembourg, EuroDNS and voipGATE, all three part of the DCL Group, are proud to announce their participation and support at the first ICT Spring Europe taking place on March 15th and 16th in Luxembourg.

ICT Spring Europe is the first edition of a conference in Luxembourg oriented towards business technology and its latest evolutions, with a great focus on International players’ needs and expectations.

Marco Houwen, founder of DCL Group and Managing Director of Datacenter Luxembourg, explains, “The idea of having such an international and technologically oriented conference is a plus for Luxembourg and will benefit all players on the ICT market, whether national or international. The three companies within DCL Group are truly leaders in their own markets and we are proud to share our best practices and knowledge during these 2 days of conference”.

Datacenter Luxembourg (www.datacenter.eu) is an independent datacentre service provider operating out of the Grand Duchy since 10 years now. The services comprise among others a diversified and carrier independent datacentre infrastructure, international Internet & Telco connectivity, managed e-commerce and managed housing solutions. Datacenter Luxembourg offers quality bandwidth and IP through a unique international looped dark fibre backbone as well as managed services on all servers and connectivity needs.

Created in 2002, EuroDNS (www.eurodns.com) is a leading Domain name Registrar specialized in International Domain extensions. Based in Luxembourg with branch offices in Europe, the USA and Asia with AsiaDNS, EuroDNS serves a large variety of clients ranging from SMEs to some of the world’s largest Domain Investors and offers dedicated naming solutions to Trademark holders. By strongly participating in leading industry forums including ICANN and the International Trademark Association, EuroDNS seeks to promote e-Commerce and wider Internet adoption.

voipGATE (www.voipgate.com) was founded in 2004 and operates locally and worldwide as one of the unique and leading Operators in Voice over IP by offering telecommunication services and local Phone Numbers across the world. voipGATE has strong partnerships with PBX key brands (i.e: Siemens, Avaya, Cisco, Nec-Philips, Patton, Mitel,…) and various mobile devices (i.e: Nokia, Grandstream…), to ensure and offer its customers both flexibility and ease of use. voipGATE’s major objectives are to promote and contribute to the VoIP market and to offer reliable and high quality services. voipGATE is present in the B2C and B2B (SME/SMI) local and International market as well as in wholesale (Callcenter,...).

Xavier Buck, founder of DCL Group and CEO of EuroDNS, states “it is really the first time we promote ourselves as a group and the ICT Spring is a first for us as well. We have worked hard since 10 years and having managed to achieve a leading position for all three companies within their own field of expertise is important. We are very excited to share our know-how and experience with all international and national players at the show”.

ICT Spring Europe has announced a panel of 60 international speakers from Absolu Telecom, ArcelorMittal, Clearstream, Deutschland Online, eBay, Forrester, Gartner, Microsoft, Paypal, Philips, RTL, SES Astra, TomTom and many more. For more information on the event, please go to: www.ictspring.com




Contact DCL Group:

Melanie Delannoy
Marketing & Communication Manager
mdelannoy@dclgroup.eu

Five Reasons Why You Need a .mobi Domain – And get your .mobi for only 9 Euros !

According to analysts group Quantcast, the mobile Web grew 148 percent worldwide in 2009. Obviously the mobile Web is exploding in popularity. If you’re looking to join the mobile revolution, you should get a .mobi domain. Here are five reasons why …

1. .mobi is emerging as the de facto standard for mobile internet domains
With the growth of the mobile Web comes the need for standardization to allow consumers to easily find mobile content. Numerous times in the past, competing technology standards have delayed widespread adoption. In the ‘70s, it was VCR versus Betamax. In the 1990s it was Digital Audio Tape versus MiniDisc versus CD. In both of these examples, it was the format that got in the lead first, and enjoyed the widest industry support, that eventually triumphed. Today the .mobi domain enjoys this same position as the most prevalent mobile domain in use and was founded by a veritable who’s who of the mobile Internet.

2. .mobi domains are white-listed by network level transcoders
Designing great mobile sites takes time and effort to get the most out of the limited screen resolution and navigation mechanisms of mobiles. Having created your mobile presence, the last thing you want is a third-party transcoder modifying your site … but this is exactly what happens when you use a non-standard domain name. By industry convention, .mobi sites are automatically white-listed by all network level transcoders so you can be 100% sure that your site will render as you intended on every mobile device.

3. .mobi domains offer better search engine performance
Search engine performance is crucial to the success of any business. Because every .mobi domain registered gets its own entry in the Internet Zone Files, which are the files that search engines use to start their crawls, your site will automatically perform better than if you use any other naming convention. Additionally, search engines detect when searches are being made from mobile devices and prioritize their results accordingly. Because .mobi sites are high-quality, made-for-mobile sites, they are automatically brought to the top of the mobile search results.

4. .mobi names are designed for mobile use
Despite having close to one million names, the reality is that a lot of great names are still available. And having short names is essential for mobile where entering long URLs can be cumbersome. This is great news for companies who did not get their first-preference .com address. With the mobile Web experiencing triple digit growth year-on-year, and forecast to continue doing so, creating a memorable mobile presence now represents a huge opportunity for future growth.

5. .mobi is actively promoted and industry supported
The goal of dotMobi – the company behind the .mobi  domain – is the widespread proliferation and usage of the mobile Web. For consumers, mobile content needs to be easily found and navigated. It’s this need for standards that prompted ICANN to make .mobi the only authorized top-level domain for finding mobile content. And by having the support of industry heavyweights such as Microsoft, Vodafone, Nokia and Google, dotMobi is able to promote a single, globally recognized, domain naming convention for the mobile Web: .mobi.

To get your .mobi domain for only 9 Euros with EuroDNS, please go here: http://www.eurodns.com/promo/9MOBI10, or use the promocode: 9MOBI10