Cost of registering domain name down 13%

December 21, 2006 13:23

The company that manages registry for Ireland's dot.ie domain names, have reduced the cost of registering and renewing a website by 13%.

The IE Domain Registry (IEDR) said the13% price reduction has been introduced because registrations have now passed 70,000 - which is a 30% jump in the past year.

IEDR said the cost of registering and renewing a ie domain has fallen 50% since 2003.

David Curtin, Chief Executive of the IEDR, said there are now over 70,000 .ie domains, which represents almost 40% of the Irish domain market.

ComReg announced earlier this week that a commercial agreement has been signed to develop an ENUM service in Ireland - which is an optional service which will give you any type of address - e-mail, fax and mobile number - that a consumer cares to register.

Speaking on the ENUM service agreement, Mr Curtin said the IEDR will work closely with ComReg and the ENUM policy advisory board to provide Ireland's ENUM registry.

'We will also work closely with the telecommunications and internet service providers to enable them to provide new and converged services such as VoIP, next generation networks (NGNs) and Fixed-Mobile convergence', he added.

i had no idea ireland was "*.ie". thanks for mentioning this.