EuroDNS Blog

Luxembourg, February 1st, 2010 – EuroDNS is proud to announce the opening of the .LU Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) Sunrise period, starting today until March 31st.
The sunrise is open to all registrants who already own a .LU domain name. 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.
As of today, domain name holders established outside Luxembourg do not longer need to give valid power of attorney to an agent established in Luxembourg for the registration and the management of their domain names.
Xavier Buck, CEO of EuroDNS explains, “2010 is truly the year of the IDNs and we are proud to be part the .LU IDN Sunrise period. In order to secure your domain name, it is important you register it today. As Luxembourg has 3 main languages, Luxembourgish, French and German, this is a great opportunity. Don’t miss this chance to have your .LU written in your own language and alphabet. Besides the removal of the local presence will make registrations easier and open the .LU space to all ”. 
There are a number of restrictions in registering a .LU IDN. The domain names eligible during the sunrise period are those derived from an existing domain name by replacing one or more characters with the same base character with a diacritic, or by applying the general replacement convention (ie: ü=ue). Besides, .LU IDN can only be registered during the Sunrise by the same holder of the similar .LU domain name.
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

After the recent launch of .EU IDNs, you can now get your .COM, .NET, .DE and .PL IDNs as well!More IDNs to come, so stay tuned!

Luxembourg, January 11th, 2010 - EuroDNS announces today a one month promotion campaign on.ES domain names. For all new .ES registered, get a 30% discount, using the promocode 1ES10.
.ES is the country code top level domain for Spain. The number of .ES domain name registrations has reached more than 1 Million in 2009 and this figure is constantly growing. This is your chance to expand onto the Spanish market and get visibility within the .ES sphere. 
Spain is the world's 51st-largest country, comparable in size to France, and somewhat larger than the U.S. state of California. Besides, according to the World Bank, Spain's economy is the ninth largest worldwide and the fifth largest in Europe. It is also the 3rd largest world investor.
Xavier Buck, CEO of EuroDNS, states “If you would like to position your company within Europe and get as much visibility as possible, it’s important to have your .ES domain name. If you are an individual, and you want to target Spanish speaking communities, the same thing applies. We are offering you a great monthly promotion on the .ES domain name! Don’t miss it, go directly here”.
The .ES extension will help you to reach and communicate with the audience in Spain. The domain names are available to anyone who wishes to offer services, information or products that are tied to Spain, either culturally, historically, socially or on a business level.
For more information check here: http://www.eurodns.com/top-level-domain/Spain/Es, and to get your promotion, go directly to: http://www.eurodns.com/promo/1ES10

EuroDNS will be present during DomainFest taking place in Santa Monica, CA on January 26-28, 2010.

EuroDNS 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.
If you are interested to meet us to discuss partnerships, promotion, advertising or more, please contact marketing@eurodns.com

Luxembourg, January 5th 2010 – The Luxembourg IPv6 Council has followed closely the introduction of Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs), especially the recent launch of the .eu IDN in December 2009.

The introduction of IDN will require more IP address space which is no more guaranteed by the remaining 10% of the IPv4 address pool expected to be depleted by 2011. IPv6 will therefore extend the needed IP address capacity for IDN deployment around the world.

The implementation of IDNs gives companies and individuals based in the European Union the chance to register domain names that contain non-Latin characters under the .eu domain. The .eu IDNs support the 23 official languages of the European Union as well as the entire alphabets.

It was important for the Luxembourg IPv6 Council to analyze the interaction and market adaptation of these IDNs in relation with the next-generation Internet Protocol version 6. It was also a major step forward for key players and domain name registrars to implement IPv6 within their technology.

Together with EuroDNS, one of the IDN domain registrars, the Taskforce was able to evaluate possible influences, and confirm that both the implementation and usability of IPv6 in relation with IDN domain names works as smoothly and easily as for non IDN domain names.

 “IDNs & IPv6 are good room-mates to extend the Internet over and beyond current limited scale. EuroDNS has already implemented IPv6 for .eu IDN. This is a major milestone for the New Internet in the making” states IPv6 Forum President Latif LADID, based in Luxembourg.

EuroDNS is a leading registrar of international domain name, offering more than 150 extensions.  Any user who registered an IDN domain name at EuroDNS.com can simply go through his DNS management interface and select an IPv6 address for any registered domain name.

Xavier Buck, CEO of EuroDNS explains, “At EuroDNS, we always strive to implement and adapt to the highest technological advancements existing on the market. For the development of .eu IDNs we felt it was important to use the most adapted technology, hence IPv6 that provides greater possibilities and name resolution”.

For more information about the IPv6 Forum, go to: http://www.ipv6forum.com , and to know more about EuroDNS and .eu IDNs, please go to:  www.eurodns.com  

About the IPv6 Forum
The IPv6 Forum is a world-wide consortium of leading Internet service vendors, National Research & Education Networks (NRENs) and international ISPs, with a clear mission to promote IPv6 by improving market and user awareness, creating a quality and secure New Generation Internet and allowing world-wide equitable access to knowledge and technology. The key focus of the IPv6 Forum today is to provide technical guidance for the deployment of IPv6. IPv6 Summits are organized by the IPv6 Forum and staged in various locations around the world to provide industry and market with the best available information on this rapidly advancing technology. 
For further information, please visit the IPv6 ISP Logo Program website: http://www.ipv6forum.com/ipv6_enabled


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



IPv6 Forum Contact:
Latif Ladid
Luxembourg
+352 30 71 34
Latif.ladid@ipv6forum.com
   
EuroDNS Contact:
Melanie Delannoy
EuroDNS
2, Rue Léon Laval
3372 Leudelange, Luxembourg