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Type:	Private, Not-for-profit Cooperative
Industry:	Internet, Registrar
Founded:	Germany (1996)
Headquarters:	DENIC eG, Kaiserstraße 75-77, 60329 Frankfurt, Germany
Employees:	120 (2010)
Website:	http://www.denic.de
Key People
Sabine Dolderer, Member-Executive Board Helga Krüger, Member-Executive Board Carsten Schiefner, Member-Executive Board Dr. Jörg Schweiger, Member-Executive Board Elmar Knipp, Chairman-Supervisory Board

DENIC is responsible for managing .de, Germany's ccTLD. DENIC is a registered cooperative with its head office in Frankfurt.^[1]

DENIC operates around 14 million domain names^[2].

History

1996 DENIC was formed as a Cooperative.

1997 Business operations of DENIC moved from Karlsruhe to Frankfurt.

1999 A total of 1 million .de domains registered.

2000 DENIC members reach 100.

2005 DENIC Submits Bid for Management of .net TLD.^[3]

2006 A total of 10 million .de domains registered.

2009 DENIC launches one- and two-character domains and domains composed exclusively of numerals.^[4]

References

External links

[1] About DENIC

[2] DENIC approaches 14 million mark

[3] DENIC submits bid for .net top-level domain

[4] Historical background of DENIC

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-DENIC is responsible for managing the top-level domain .de (Germany). DENIC is a registered cooperative with its head office in Frankfurt am Main<ref>[http://www.denic.de/en/denic.html About DENIC]</ref>.
+DENIC is responsible for managing .de, Germany's [[ccTLD]]. DENIC is a registered cooperative with its head office in Frankfurt.<ref>[http://www.denic.de/en/denic.html About DENIC]</ref>
 DENIC operates around 14 million domain names<ref>[http://www.domainpulse.com/2010/11/17/denic/ DENIC approaches 14 million mark]</ref>.
 == History ==
-* 1996/December DENIC was formed as a Cooperative.
+* 1996 DENIC was formed as a Cooperative.
-* 1997/July Business operations of DENIC changed from Karlsruhe to Frankfurt.
+* 1997 Business operations of DENIC moved from Karlsruhe to Frankfurt.
-* 1999/October 1 million .de domains registered.
+* 1999 A total of 1 million .de domains registered.
-* 2000/July DENIC members reaches 100.
+* 2000 DENIC members reach 100.
-* 2005 DENIC Submits Bid for Management of .net top-level domain<ref>[http://forums.webhostdir.com/printthread.php?t=11379 DENIC submits bid for .net top-level domain]</ref>.
+* 2005 DENIC Submits Bid for Management of .net [[TLD]].<ref>[http://forums.webhostdir.com/printthread.php?t=11379 DENIC submits bid for .net top-level domain]</ref>
-* 2006/June 10 million .de domains registered.
+* 2006 A total of 10 million .de domains registered.
-* 2009/October DENIC launches one- and two-character domains and domains composed exclusively of numerals<ref>[http://www.denic.de/en/background/historical-background-of-denic.html Historical background of DENIC]</ref>.
+* 2009 DENIC launches one- and two-character domains and domains composed exclusively of numerals.<ref>[http://www.denic.de/en/background/historical-background-of-denic.html Historical background of DENIC]</ref>
 == References ==