DENIC

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

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 Stefan Legner, Member, Supervisory Board

DENIC operates around 14 million domain names.

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.

• 2006 A total of 10 million .de domains registered.

• 2009 DENIC launches one- and two-character domains and domains composed exclusively of numerals.

External links

• Official website of DENIC in German
• Official website of DENIC in English