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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
 

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