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Type: | Private, not-for-profit Cooperative |
Industry: | Registry |
Founded: | Germany, 1996 |
Headquarters: | Kaiserstr. 75-77 60329 Frankfurt |
Country: | Germany |
Products: | .de |
Employees: | 120 (2010) |
Revenue: | €26.6m (2011) |
Website: | denic.de |
LinkedIn: | denic-eg |
Twitter: | @denic_de |
Key People | |
Dr. Jörg Schweiger, Member, Executive Board, CEO Andreas Musielak, Member, Executive Board, COO |
DENIC is responsible for managing .de, Germany's ccTLD. DENIC is a registered cooperative with its head office in Frankfurt.[1]
DENIC operates around 15 million domain names.[2]
.de
The .de registry originally dates back to November 5th, 1986, where it began in an academic environment.[3]
Historical Timeline
- 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.
- 2006 A total of 10 million .de domains registered.
- 2009 DENIC launches one- and two-character domains and domains composed exclusively of numerals.[5]
References
- ↑ About DENIC
- ↑ News Denic.de
- ↑ DENIC eG, CENTR.org. Updated 2015 August 4.
- ↑ DENIC submits bid for .net top-level domain
- ↑ Historical background of DENIC
- ↑ news, Denic.de