.IN domain registration opens to the public

NEW DELHI: The recently launched .IN country code Internet domain name Registry services set up by the National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) has opened the real-time registration for the general public from February 16, 2005.

According to the press note, within an hour of opening, nearly 24,000 domain names were registered successfully. .IN domain name registry received over 4,000 applications from registered Indian trademark holders during the sunrise period from January 1-21, 2005, including applications from among the top 100 brands in India and worldwide.






On this occasion, union minister for communication and IT Thiru Dayanidhi Maran said, "The extension of the .IN domain name Registry services is to symbolize the Indian identity on the Internet space. We hope that every Indian citizen will avail the facility and will be a part of this movement."





Till date, National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) has accredited following registrars for .IN registry. They include Directi, Net4India Ltd, GoodLuck Domains, OnlineNIC, Netandhost.com (SGS Technologies Pvt Ltd), MPS Technosoft Ltd, etc. In addition, the National Informatics Center (NIC) is the registrar for gov.in domains, ERNET is the registrar for res.in, edu.in and ac.in domains, and an agency to be identified by the Ministry of Defense would be the registrar for mil.in domains. NIXI is in the process of appointing more registrars.





Registrations at the third level in the globally popular zones of domain registration like co.in, .org.in, net.in, ind.in, firm.in and gen.in are also available. The Registrars following a competitive pricing policy and best market practices will offer the registrations.