The homes of .de domains – DENIC domain map 2013: The regional distribution of .de domains in Germany

Denic, the company behind .DE extension, released the results of the regional domain name statistics 2013.

You can read the press release after the jump:

“DENIC, the registry for .de domains, presents the results of the regional domain statistics 2013. As at 31 December 2013, it includes about 14.5 million .de domains in the 402 cities and districts of Germany. Adding to these numbers are nearly one million domains of holders whose place of residence is abroad. In total, about 15.6 million .de domains were registered at the end of 2013. Domain development in 2013 was slightly slower than in the preceding years and confirmed the East-West divide of .de domain distribution.
Municipal level: Metropolitan regions remain in the lead

Looking at absolute domain numbers, one finds that once again three metropolises hold the top ranks. With 913,564 domains, Berlin still is the undisputed number one in the overall ranking of the cities. Hamburg (598,997) moved up to place two, followed by Munich, which reported slightly less domains than last year (570,532). When referring the number of .de domains to the number of inhabitants, Osnabruck is in the lead again: With 1,295 .de domains per 1,000 inhabitants it scored even better than in 2012. The cities of Memmingen (670) and Munich (414) follow on ranks two and three. Among the administrative districts, Amberg-Sulzbach (923) consolidated its top position. Freising (475) and Starnberg (466) swapped last year’s places and now rank two and three respectively. The federal average increased by two to 177 .de domains per 1,000 inhabitants.
Regional level: Decreasing domain numbers in the East and moderate increases in the West

On the federal level, the leading trio remains unchanged. The city state of Hamburg with 333 domains per 1,000 inhabitants maintains its uncontested leading position and stays far ahead of Berlin (261) and the territorial state of Bavaria (213). The lowest number of domains per capita continues to be recorded for Saxony-Anhalt (79 domains), which brings up the rear after Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Thuringia with 102 domains respectively. If you look at the growth rates, the national average of plus 1.7 percent is clearly exceeded by Lower Saxony (+6.8 %), Brandenburg (+3.9 %) and the city state of Berlin (+3.3 %). While all the federal states of the Western part of Germany record an increase, domain numbers in most of the Eastern federal states have dropped. The most prominent decrease is reported for Saxony-Anhalt (-21.6 %). Then follows Saxony with -2.2 %. North Rhine Westphalia and Bavaria record the lowest growth rates in Western Germany with +0.4 percent each. Related to absolute numbers, however, North Rhine Westphalia (3.2 million .de domains) and the Free State of Bavaria (2.7 million) still occupy rank one and two.
International level: Large demand for .de beyond German borders

The year-on-year total domain growth rate for 2012/2013 was 2.0 percent compared to 3.7 percent in 2011/2012. This is an increase of about 309,000 domains (previous year: 544,000). Furthermore, the 15.6 million .de domains that were registered at the end of 2013 included 986,000 domains of holders residing outside of Germany (2012: 860,000). This corresponds to about 6.3 percent of the total number of domains registered under .de (2012: 5.7 percent). German domains are still particularly popular in the United States (15%) as well as in the Netherlands, Switzerland and Great Britain, with 10 percent respectively. All in all, 15,592,379 domains were registered with DENIC on 31 December 2013. Statistically, nearly every fifth inhabitant of the Federal Republic of Germany has registered a domain under the TLD .de. Thus, Germany ranks fourth in the world after the Netherlands, Switzerland and Denmark.
Detailed online data available

You will find comprehensive data and graphic material as well as the complete regional analysis in form of an Excel file for all the 402 cities and districts in the statistics section of the DENIC website. We also make available the annual analyses since 1995. In addition to absolute values, the statistics provide data on the number of domains related to the number of inhabitants, complemented by maps and diagrams showing the absolute and the relative distribution of domestic domains as well as of domain holders whose place of residence is abroad.”

Check out EuroDNS here to register your .DE domain name.

Moki.com Domain Name Sells for $66,100 on NameJet

The domain name Moki.com was sold for $66,100 on Namejet.The winning bidder is MokiOrphanage.

According to whois records,the domain name was first registered in 1996.The registrant seems to be Moki Cherry from New York .

Congratulations to both the seller and the buyer.

NTIA Announces Intent to Transition Key Internet Domain Name Functions

[news release] To support and enhance the multistakeholder model of Internet policymaking and governance, the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today announces its intent to transition key Internet domain name functions to the global multistakeholder community. As the first step, NTIA is asking ICANN to convene global stakeholders to develop a proposal to transition the current role played by NTIA in the coordination of the Internet’s domain name system (DNS).

NTIA’s responsibility includes the procedural role of administering changes to the authoritative root zone file – the database containing the lists of names and addresses of all top-level domains – as well as serving as the historic steward of the DNS. NTIA currently contracts with ICANN to carry out the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions and has a Cooperative Agreement with Verisign under which it performs related root zone management functions. Transitioning NTIA out of its role marks the final phase of the privatisation of the DNS as outlined by the U.S. Government in 1997.

“The timing is right to start the transition process,” said Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information Lawrence E. Strickling. “We look forward to ICANN convening stakeholders across the global Internet community to craft an appropriate transition plan.”

ICANN is uniquely positioned, as both the current IANA functions contractor and the global coordinator for the DNS, as the appropriate party to convene the multistakeholder process to develop the transition plan. NTIA has informed ICANN that it expects that in the development of the proposal, ICANN will work collaboratively with the directly affected parties, including the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the Internet Architecture Board (IAB), the Internet Society (ISOC), the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs), top level domain name operators, VeriSign, and other interested global stakeholders.

NTIA has communicated to ICANN that the transition proposal must have broad community support and address the following four principles:

Support and enhance the multistakeholder model;
Maintain the security, stability, and resiliency of the Internet DNS;
Meet the needs and expectation of the global customers and partners of the IANA services; and,
Maintain the openness of the Internet.

Consistent with the clear policy expressed in bipartisan resolutions of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives (S.Con.Res.50 and H.Con.Res.127), which affirmed the United States support for the multistakeholder model of Internet governance, NTIA will not accept a proposal that replaces the NTIA role with a government-led or an inter-governmental organisation solution.

From the inception of ICANN, the U.S. Government and Internet stakeholders envisioned that the U.S. role in the IANA functions would be temporary. The Commerce Department’s June 10, 1998 Statement of Policy stated that the U.S. Government “is committed to a transition that will allow the private sector to take leadership for DNS management.” ICANN as an organisation has matured and taken steps in recent years to improve its accountability and transparency and its technical competence. At the same time, international support continues to grow for the multistakeholder model of Internet governance as evidenced by the continued success of the Internet Governance Forum and the resilient stewardship of the various Internet institutions.

While stakeholders work through the ICANN-convened process to develop a transition proposal, NTIA’s current role will remain unchanged. The current IANA functions contract expires September 30, 2015.

For further information see: IANA Functions and Related Root Zone Management Transition Questions and Answers

About NTIA

NTIA is the Executive Branch agency that advises the President on telecommunications and information policy issues. NTIA’s programs and policymaking focus largely on expanding broadband Internet access and adoption in America, expanding the use of spectrum by all users, and ensuring that the Internet remains an engine for continued innovation and economic growth. To find out more about NTIA, visit www.ntia.doc.gov.

This NTIA news release was sourced from:
www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2014/ntia-announces-intent-transition-key-internet-domain-name-functions

ICANN Launches Global Multistakeholder Accountability Process As Commerce Dept Prepares To Relinquishes US Govt Control Of IANA

[news release] ICANN today (14 March) launched a process to transition the role of the United States Government relating to the Internet’s unique identifiers system.

ICANN’s announcement comes on the heels of an historic announcement today by the U.S. Government stating that it is ready to transfer its stewardship of the important Internet technical functions to the global Internet community. The U.S. Government’s current responsibilities to be transitioned include the procedural role of administering changes to the Domain Name System’s (DNS) to the authoritative root zone file – the database containing the lists of names and addresses of all top-level domains – as well as serving as the historic steward of the unique identifiers registries for Domain names, IP addresses, and protocol parameters.

In doing so, the U.S. recognised ICANN’s maturation in becoming an effective multistakeholder organisation and requested that ICANN convene the global community to develop the transition process from of the U.S. stewardship to a global community consensus-driven mechanism.

“We are inviting governments, the private sector, civil society, and other Internet organisations from the whole world to join us in developing this transition process,” said Fadi Chehadé, ICANN’s President and CEO. “All stakeholders deserve a voice in the management and governance of this global resource as equal partners.”

Independent of the U.S. transition, the roles of the Internet technical organisations, including ICANN’s role as administrator of the Internet’s unique identifier system, remain unchanged. The Internet’s Unique Identifier functions are not apparent to most Internet users, but they play a critical role in maintaining a single, global, unified and interoperable Internet.

“Even though ICANN will continue to perform these vital technical functions, the U.S. has long envisioned the day when stewardship over them would be transitioned to the global community,” said Dr. Stephen D. Crocker, ICANN’s Board Chair. “In other words, we have all long known the destination. Now it is up to our global stakeholder community to determine the best route to get us there.”

“The global multistakeholder process is defined by inclusion, and it will take some time to make sure that we obtain all of the necessary inputs,” said Chehadé. “By the time the current contract with the U.S. Government expires in September 2015, we will have a defined and clear process for global multistakeholder stewardship of ICANN’s performance of these technical functions.”

The first community-wide dialogue about the development of the transitional process will begin March 23-27 during ICANN’s 49th Public Meeting, in Singapore. All global stakeholders are welcome to participate in person or remotely.

To see more about the IANA Functions survey go here: www.icann.org/en/news/press/releases/release-15jan14-en

Internet Technical Leaders Welcome IANA Globalisation Progress

The leaders of the Internet technical organisations responsible for coordination of the Internet infrastructure (IETF, IAB, RIRs, ccTLD ROs, ICANN, ISOC, and W3C), welcome the US Government’s announcement of the suggested changes related to the IANA functions contract.

The roles on policy development processes of the Internet technical organisations and ICANN’s role as administrator of the IANA functions, remain unchanged.

The transition of the US Government stewardship has been envisaged since the early days of IANA functions contract. This transition is now feasible due to the maturity of the Internet technical organisations involved in performing their respective roles related to the IANA functions, and ICANN will facilitate a global, multi-stakeholder process to plan for the transition.

The strength and stability of the IANA functions within the above organisations (which make up the Internet technical community) are critical to the operation of the Internet. The processes around the IANA functions have always been carefully specified in the communities that our organisations represent. The IANA functions are faithfully administered by ICANN. We are committed to continuing our proven, community-driven processes as we engage in this transition. Our communities are already considering proposals to progress the transition.

Our organisations are committed to open and transparent multi-stakeholder processes. We are also committed to further strengthening our processes and agreements related to the IANA functions, and to building on the existing organisations and their roles. The Internet technical community is strong enough to continue its role, while assuming the stewardship function as it transitions from the US Government.

Participating Leaders

Adiel A. Akplogan, CEO African Network Information Center (AFRINIC)
Barrack Otieno, Manager, The African Top Level Domains Organization (AFTLD)
Paul Wilson, Director General Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC)
Don Hollander, General Manager Asia Pacific Top Level Domain Association (APTLD)
John Curran, CEO American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
Peter Van Roste, General Manager, Council for European National Top Level Domain Registries (CENTR)
Russ Housley, Chair Internet Architecture Board (IAB)
Fadi Chehadé, President and CEO Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
Jari Arkko, Chair Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
Kathy Brown, President and CEO Internet Society (ISOC)
Raúl Echeberría, CEO Latin America and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry (LACNIC)
Carolina Aguerre, General Manager, Latin American and Caribbean TLD Association (LACTLD)
Axel Pawlik, Managing Director Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Centre (RIPE NCC)
Jeff Jaffe, CEO World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)