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Reduction in registration fee of .EE domain to come into effect on 1 May

29.04.2012

As of 1 May 2012 a reduction in the registration fee of the .EE domain will come into effect. The reduction in the fee was decided by the supervisory board of the Estonian Internet Foundation at the end of 2011. The new fee is €17 per year, i.e. €1.42 per month.

20 years since Internet came to Estonia

26.03.2012

Precisely 20 years ago today Estonia established its first Internet connection with the outside world. Previously people in Estonia could only send and receive e-mails via slow modem connections by making international calls to Finland. Such a solution was both complicated and inadequate because it excluded a wide range of Internet possibilities.

43rd ICANN summit to focus on new gTLD programme and actuality of domain register’s WHOIS database

12.03.2012

At the 43rd ICANN summit beginning today in San José leaders of the organisations dealing with domain names will focus on the current status of the programme for new generic top-level domains (gTLD), the task of ensuring actuality of the domain register’s WHOIS database and the corresponding challenges in the field of cyber security.

Enno Heringson, Mari Must and Madis Päts are new members of the Domain Disputes Committee

21.02.2012

The Supervisory Board of the Estonian Internet Foundation voted unanimously to appoint three new members of the Domain Disputes Committee: sworn advocate Enno Heringson, patent attorney Mari Must and sworn advocate Madis Päts. The Domain Disputes Committee now has a total of 12 members.

Domain Disputes Committee gave decision in dispute of Guess?, Inc. over guess.ee domain name

10.02.2012

The Domain Disputes Committee (DDC) gave a decision in the dispute of Guess?, Inc. over the guess.ee domain name. The Committee found that the guess.ee domain name had been registered without the registrar’s right to or legitimate interest in the domain name.

Estonian Internet Foundation accepted as full member of CENTR

06.02.2012

At the General Assembly in Salzburg the CENTR (Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries) accepted the Estonian Internet Foundation as a full member.

Registration of domains in Estonia reached the level of Finland

24.01.2012

At the beginning of 2012 the per capita number of registration of the .EE domains in Estonia reached the level of registration of the Finnish national domain .FI, i.e. per 1,000 residents both countries use 50 national domains.