CENTR update Wim DEGEZELLE CENTR 7 March 2010 AfTLD Event 2010 Nairobi, Kenya
Overview 1. CENTR 2. Membership 3. Meetings and structure 4. Surveys 5. Recent activities 6. CENTR activities 2
CENTR is the world s largest association on Internet Domain Name Registries. CENTR has over 50 members, each of them responsible for the operation of the country code top level domain in their country. CENTR members account for over 80% of the country code domain registrations worldwide. 3
CENTR Information platform Exchange of good practices European focus CENTR = Forum for (cc)tld managers Meetings and workshops Mailing lists, surveys, library, website, news updates, statistics,... Membership: 48 Full members (cctlds) 10 Associate members (TLDs) 10 Observers 4
membership 48 Full members AFGNIC (.af) Afghanistan; AFNIC (.fr,.re,.yt,.pm,.wf) France, Reunion Island, Mayotte, St Pierre et Miquelon, Wallis & Futuna Is.; AKEP (.al) Albania; ARNES (.si) Slovenia; CARNet (.hr) Croatia; CHIP (.hu) Hungary; CIRA (.ca) Canada; Coordination Centre for TLD RU (.ru) Russian Federation; CZNIC (.cz) Czech Republic; DENIC (.de) Germany; DK Hostmaster (.dk) Denmark; DNS BE (.be) Belgium; Domicilium ltd (.im) Isle of Man; EURid (.eu) European Union; FCCN (.pt) Portugal; FICORA (.fi) Finland; FORTH-ICS (.gr) Greece; Holy See Internet Office (.va) Holy See (Vatican City); IEDR (.ie) Ireland;.SE (IIS) (.se) Sweden; IPM/IRNIC (.ir) Iran; Island Networks (.gg,.je) Guernsey, Jersey; ISNIC (.is) Iceland; ISOC.AM (.am) Armenia; ISOC-IL (.il) Israel; IT-NIC (.it) Italy; LITNET NOC (.lt) Lithuania; lv NIC (.lv) Latvia; NASK (.pl) Poland; NIC Malta (.mt) Malta; NIC.AC (.ac,.io,.sh) Ascension Island, British Indian Ocean Territory, Saint Helena; nic.at (.at) Austria; NIC.FO (.fo) Faroe Islands; NIC.TR (.tr) Turkey; Nominet UK (.uk) United Kingdom; NORID (.no,.bv,.sj) Norway, Bouvet Island, Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands; PNINA (.ps) Palestinian Territories; RED.ES (.es) Spain; Register.BG (.bg) Bulgaria; RESTENA DNS-LU (.lu) Luxemburg; RNC (.ro) Romania; RNIDS (.rs) Serbia; Sapphire Networks (.gi) Gibraltar; SIDN (.nl) Netherlands; SK-NIC (.sk) Slovak Republic; STA (.ad) Andorra; SWITCH (.ch,.li) Switzerland, Lichtenstein; UCY-DNS (.cy) Cyprus. 10 Associate members Affillias (.info), CNNIC (.cn), dotmobi (.mobi), Fundació puntcat (.cat), Internet NZ (.nz), JPRS (.jp), Neustar (.us,.biz), NIC-Mexico (.mx), PIR (.org), Verisign (.com) 10 Observers AfTLD APTLD LACTLD ICANN / IANA, RIPE / RIPE NCC, OARC, European Commission, ISOC, EuroISPA 5
membership CENTR membership in cctld domain names (Stats update January 2010) Full members => 48,217,781 Associtate members => 16,971,114 TOP 5 (Jan 2010) Total # Domains YoY Growth DE 13,417,865 +6% UK 8,082,887 +10% NL 3,749,401 +16% EU 3,197,520 +5% RU 2,615,695 +38% 6
meetings and structure Legal & Regulatory workshop General Assembly 3 meetings/year Technical workshop Administrative workshop Board of Directors (5) Marketing workshop Secretariat (3 staff) Ad hoc IGF working group R&D group? 7
Survey popular survey tool members can set up a survey instead of asking questions to the mailing list - 23 surveys started in 2009 - in general 25-30 registries responding 8
Recent activities IGF 2009 Sharm El Sheikh 15-18 November 2009 Lost in non-ascii translation, workshop on the introduction of IDN domains at the Top Level cctld booth at the IGF exposition space Both initiatives in cooperation with the other regional cctld organisations 9
Recent activities CENTR s 10 th Anniversary 2 December 2010 Seminar on the Domain Name System (DNS) and Internet Governance High Level dinner with European Commissioner Viviane Reding, Member of the European Parliament Lambert van Nistelrooij and CENTR Chairman Andrzej Bartosiewicz as keynote speakers. 10
Recent activities DNS Explained, the movie Informative movie to explain the functioning of the Domain Name System (DNS). More than 10,000 views on youtube since it launch in December 2009 https://www.centr.org/main/5418-ctr.html 11
Recent activities CENTR Domain Wire 2009 Dedicated to CENTR s 10 th anniversary and the evolution of the DNS and the registry business Other topics Internet Governance, involvement of the cctld registry in the local internet community www.centr.org/main/domainwire.html 12
Recent activities Brand Refresh 13
Thank you for your attention! More about CENTR at http://www.centr.org wim@centr.org 14