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Revision as of 08:13, 19 September 2011

Type: Nonprofit
Industry: Internet
Founded: 1995
Ownership: ndh Pironet domainregistrations
Headquarters: Lichtstrasse 43h

Cologne, 50825

Country: Germany
Employees: 51-200
Email: info[at]eco.de
Website: ECO
Blog: ECO
LinkedIn: ECO
Twitter: @eco_de
Key People
Harald A. Summa, CEO

Michael Rotert, Chairman
Oliver Süme, Deputy Chairman
Thomas Rickert, Director Names & Numbers

ECO or Verband der deutschen Internetwirtschaft e.V is the Association for German Internet Industry. Being the largest Inetrnet Association in Europe and Internet Authority in Germany, it strives for the promotion of commercial as well as non-commercial use of internet. The expertise of organization is Internet and technology including issues like Spam Security Online, Settlement-free IP interconnection, Cloud Computing, infrastructure technologies, content, applications, law and politics.[1] Further it works on the different aspects of Broadband, mobile communication and SaaS.[2] It represents over 300 members including 140 major service providers of Germany.[3] ECO operates the largest national data exchange called De-CIX (Deutscher Commercial Internet Exchange).[4]


ECO is one of the founding members of EuroCloud and EuroISPA.

Milestones

In 1996 the eco Forum established the Internet Content Task Force - ICTF to advise members in the area of illegal and harmful material, use of the Internet and to develop counterstrategies to the downside issues of the global network.[5]

Supported Companies

ECO supports a number of companies in order to promote the Internet in Germany and improve German economy as a whole. Some of the companies supported by ECO are:

  • The Internet Security Platform.[6]
  • TeleTrust.[7]
  • Spot Spam.[8]

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