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Deletion of .ee domains without re-registration from their register will not be postponed

16.12.2010

On Tuesday, 14 December 2010, the joint workgroup of the Estonian Internet Foundation and registrars convened to discuss issues connected with the imminent end of the period of re-registration of domains with the Estonian national ending .ee, aimed at improving their register. It was decided unanimously that there is no reason to extend the period.

Estonian Internet Foundation’s scholarship recipients are Martin Kurgi and Andres Põder

25.11.2010

The scholarships offered by the Estonian Internet Foundation via the Development Fund of the Tallinn University of Technology have been awarded to Business Information Technology student Martin Kurgi and Computer Systems student Andres Põder. The scholarship recipients were selected from among 8 candidates by the joint commission of the Estonian Internet Foundation and the Development Fund of the Tallinn University of Technology.

Over 20,000 domains registered in new procedure

22.11.2010

At 10:10 on Thursday, November 18th, the 20,000th .ee domain was registered after the adoption of the new domain registration procedure. AS Sunorek re-registered the tankstudio.ee and sunorek.ee domains, and the registration application for the latter was number 20,000 in the new domain register.

First determination of Domain Disputes Committee falls in favour of Bang & Olufsen

16.11.2010

The Domain Disputes Committee, which forms part of the Estonian Internet Foundation, has issued its first determination, granting the use of the domain bang-olufsen.ee to Bang & Olufsen A/S.

Estonian Internet Foundation advises not to postpone domain re-registration until the last moment

30.09.2010

According to the Estonian Internet Foundation data, as of today only 4,000 domain names have been re-registered of the almost 79,000 domain names that were registered in Estonia before 5 July this year and that will expire on 5 January 2011.

Domain Disputes Committee commences work

30.08.2010

On Friday, 27 August 2010, the Estonian Internet Foundation Council convened and passed the decision to establish the Domain Disputes Committee, also summing up the current situation with domain renewals.

The number of new domains exceeds 3,000

15.07.2010

Today the 3,000th .ee domain was registered following the transition to the new domain procedure on 5 July 2010. The registration application of the veebikino.ee domain reached the Estonian Internet Foundation via a registrar at 11:07 a.m.

Domain Disputes Committee to be established in the Estonian Internet Foundation to provide protection against domain hijacking

14.07.2010

An independent Domain Disputes Committee will start operating under the aegis of the Estonian Internet Foundation that took over the administration of .ee domains in the beginning of July. The committee provides extrajudicial protection against hijacking domain names.

1329 new domains registered in first two days

07.07.2010

In the first two days since the new system came into effect, 1329 new domain names were registered, which is about as many as were registered in the previous two months combined. As expected, the registrants included many domains registered by individuals, as well as registrations of second and additional domains by companies.

New domain system comes into effect in Estonia

06.07.2010

On 5 July 2010, Estonia switched to a new domain system, which was marked by the submission of the first application for registration of a natural person’s .ee domain by Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications Juhan Parts. The new domain system will make Estonia’s .ee domains significantly more available than they were previously. Individuals and foreign nationals are now able to register domain names ending in .ee and a person can now register more than one domain. An independent body will deal with any charges of domain hijacking.

Registry has temporarily stopped accepting domain applications. Update: Registry operations resumed 06.07 14:12

05.07.2010

Security of domains is primary topic at 38th meeting of ICANN

21.06.2010

Today marked the beginning of the 38th meeting organised by ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which brings together leaders of Internet and domain management related organisations from all over the world. The meeting, the 38th since the organisation was founded in 1998, is taking place in Brussels.

First .ee registrars have been accredited

14.06.2010

Estonian Internet Foundation is happy to announce that first .ee registrars have gone through accreditation procedures and signed the registrar contract.

The transition to new domain rules will take place on July 5, 2010

05.06.2010

Estonian Internet Foundation has set the deadline for the transition to new domain rules on July 5 2010. The new domain regulation will make the .ee ccTLD significantly more accessible: private individuals and foreigners will be able to register .ee domain. One person can register multiple domains.

EPP specifications for registrars

28.02.2010

The Estonian Internet Foundation has released the EPP specifications for automated communication between the registry and registrars

Work continues on proposals received to change new domain name rules

14.01.2010

During a month of public debate the Estonian Internet Foundation received 455 proposals to change domain rules, and cooperation with those who submitted the proposals is ongoing