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We have signed a registrar contract with the ICANN-accredited registrar Nameshield
The Estonian Internet Foundation has signed a registrar contract with Nameshield, a French registrar accredited by ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers). Nameshield has provided domain registration, trade mark protection and web hosting services internationally since 1994.
Further information about Nameshield can be found on their webpagewww.nameshield.net.
The Foundation has contracts with 11 international registrars, 9 of whom are accredited by ICANN.
We welcome the new registrar to the Estonian market and wish them the best of luck!
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