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* [[Global Name Registry]]
* [[Global Name Registry]]
The Department of Commerce approved Public Interest Registry to take over the management of the .org TLD registry.<ref> [http://www.icann.org/en/correspondence/doc-to-icann-26nov02.htm Department of Commerce Approval Letter]</ref> PIR officially assumed the functions of .org registry operator on January 1, 2003.<ref>[http://www.internic.net/faqs/org-transition.html www.internic.net]</ref>
The Department of Commerce approved Public Interest Registry to take over the management of the .org TLD registry.<ref> [http://www.icann.org/en/correspondence/doc-to-icann-26nov02.htm Department of Commerce Approval Letter]</ref> PIR officially assumed the functions of .org registry operator on January 1, 2003.<ref>[http://www.internic.net/faqs/org-transition.html www.internic.net]</ref> In 2006, PIR renewed its .org Registry Agreement with ICANN until June 30, 2013.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/agreements/org/registry-agmt-16jul08.htm PIR-ICANN .org RAA]</ref>
==PIR Report on .org==
The .org TLD is considered the world's third largest top-level domain with an 8.8 million organizations registered as of 2010. The top ten markets for .org registrations include united states 60.4%, Germany 5.0%, United Kingdom 4.3%, Canada 3.5%, France 3.2%, Netherlands 2.2%, Spain 1.8%, China 1.8%, Italy 1.5% and Japan 1.5%. At present there are 32 registrars offering a second level registration of .org domain names after PIR's deployment of the [[DNSSEC]].<ref>[http://www.pir.org/pdf/dashboard_2H_2010.pdf The Dashboard July-December 2010]</ref>
==References==
==References==