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'''RU-CENTER''' is Russia's leading [[registrar]] and hosting provider, as well as one of the oldest domain registrars in the country. It is the largest registrar for the [[.ru]], [[.su]], and [[.pФ]] domains. The company provides a full range of registration services and domain names support; as the market leader, the RU-CENTER the first auction services (2007) and domain name parking services (2008) available in Russia. | |||
RU-CENTER was founded in 2000, at the beginning of the formation of a distributed domain name registration in Russia. The progenitor of the RU-CENTER was the Russian Institute for Public Networks,<ref>http://www.ripn.net/en/index.html</ref> an organization that supported the origins of Internet technologies in Russia. Today, the company supports more than 3 million of domain names, serves as the registrar for more than 30% of .ru domains, 60% of .su domains, and 60% of .pФ domains. They have an extensive partner network, with more than 6,000 partners in Russia and abroad.<ref>User Submitted</ref> | |||
In 2010–2011, under the New gTLD Program, RU-CENTER initiated the introduction of the domains [[.moscow]] / [[.mockba]]<ref>http://domainmoscow.org</ref> for the needs of the Russian capital, as well as domains for the cultural and linguistic communities represented in the country (project RUCLID)<ref>http://ruclid.org</ref>). The idea of creating a domain for Moscow's cultural and linguistic communities have become the first Russian start-up planned under the New gTLD Program. | |||
This company is recognized as an expert on the domain name market, and publishes [[Domain names magazine]]<ref>http://dn.nic.ru/en</ref>, the only industry edition in Russia. In addition, RU-CENTER created and maintains the resource Info.nic.ru,<ref>http://info.nic.ru</ref> which is the most popular Russian site devoted to domain name industry news. Among the company's other information projects are a database of Russian [[IP]] addresses<ref>http://ipgeobase.ru</ref> and a statistics website about the registration of the domain names .ru, .su, and .pФ. | |||
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RU-CENTER is actively involved in the global internet community, supporting the [[ICANN]] meetings and other international events. RU-CENTER experts take part in ICANN [[Working Groups]]. | |||
==Supported TLDs== | ==Supported TLDs== | ||
RU-CENTER is fully accredited with multiple organisations for registration of respective [[TLDs]]. These organizations and the [[TLD]]s supported by RU-CENTER are: | RU-CENTER is fully accredited with multiple organisations for registration of respective [[TLDs]]. These organizations and the [[TLD]]s supported by RU-CENTER are: | ||
* Coordination Center for TLD in Russia | * Coordination Center for TLD in Russia for .ru and .pФ. | ||
* The Foundation for Internet Development | * The Foundation for Internet Development for .su. | ||
* [[ICANN]] | * [[ICANN]] for [[.net]], [[.com]], [[.org]], [[.biz]], and [[.info]]. | ||
* [[VeriSign, Inc.]] | * [[VeriSign, Inc.]] for [[.cc]], [[.name]], and [[.tv]]. | ||
* [[doMEn, d.o.o. | * [[doMEn]], d.o.o. for [[.me]]. | ||
* [[Telnic, Ltd. | * [[Telnic]], Ltd. for [[.tel]]. | ||
* [[dotMobi]] | * [[dotMobi]] for [[.mobi]]. | ||
* [[Tralliance]] | * [[Tralliance]] for [[.travel]]. | ||
* [[SITA]] | * [[SITA]] for [[.aero]]. | ||
* [[Afilias, Ltd. | * [[Afilias]], Ltd. for [[.hn]], [[.ag]], [[.bz]], [[.lc]], [[.mn]], [[.sc]] and [[.vc]]. | ||
* [[RegistryPro]] | * [[RegistryPro]] for [[.pro]]. | ||
==References== | ==References== |