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Results of .rs domain registrations after a month

On the first day of registration, 7,000 domains were registered and a total of 15,460 domains were registered during the first month of registration. More than half of these domains (7,600 in total) were registered in the .rs address space of the highest level. Physical persons, who got the possibility to register the national Intеrnеt domain, registered 20% of the total number of registered domains. 1,500 domains were registered in the new .in.rs address space, showing a great interest for the registration of these highly available domains. Somewhat less than 5 months are left for registrants of current .yu domains to use their right and register the same .rs domain name. After September 10th, 2008, domains booked during the transition period will become available for registration to all interested parties. From the total number of registered domains, approximately 25% are domains registered during transition by registrants of existing .yu domains, whereas the rest are brand new Intеrnеt domains. There are approximately 40,000 old .yu domains, about half being active, which can be used at least until September 30th, 2009. RNIDS has also established a Transition Commission, which started handling appeals for the registration of domains during transition in cases when the registrant of...

11.04.2008.

RS domain registration officially started

As of today, at noon, the .RS domain registration officially started. The Serbian National Register of Internet Domain Names (RNIDS) today officially commenced the process of .rs domain registrations. So far, the registration process has been very successful. All other relevant information will be posted subsequently.

10.03.2008.

Report on the first day of .rs domain registrations

The Serbian National Register of Internet Domain Names (RNIDS, www.rnids.rs) would like to inform the public that the new national domain of Serbia .RS successfully started functioning on Monday, March 10th 2008. Twenty‑seven companies authorised to perform .rs domain registrations started off the registration process at noon. A total of 6,800 domains were registered on the first day, until 05:00 pm. The majority of these domains, i.e. about a half of them, are domains registered by citizens, companies and other interested parties directly in the .rs address space. About 35% of domains were registered in the .co.rs address space. During the first five hours of registration, 850 citizens or almost 12% of citizens used the possibility of registering domains within the new address space .in.rs, dedicated to citizens. During the next six months, owners of old .yu domains have the Priority Right to register the same domain names within the .rs domain. RNIDS would like to invite citizens, companies and other interested parties to use this right. RNIDS will continue to inform the public regularly about the process of registering new national domains. A press‑conference will be organised until the end of the week, to present results of activities of the new national...

10.03.2008.

Commencement of .rs domain registration

The Serbian National Register of Internet Domain Names (RNIDS) would like to inform the local and international public that the registration process of new Internet domain names of the Republic of Serbia with the .rs extension will commence on Monday, March 10th 2008 at noon. RNIDS will accept requests for the registration of new .yu domain names until Friday, February 29th 2008 at noon. After this date the registration of new .yu domain names will no longer be possible. All .yu domain names registered until the specified date will continue to function normally at least until September 30th, 2009. The registration of new .rs domains will be conducted through 27 Serbian companies, accredited by RNIDS as the registrars of .rs domain names. A list of all the registrars of .rs domain names, as well as detailed rules and procedures regarding the .rs domain registration and a transition from .yu to .rs is available at our Website, under 'List of Registrars'.

28.02.2008.

Testing accredited registrars of .rs domain

The Serbian National Register of Internet Domain Names (RNIDS) would like to inform the public that from 10th to 20th December it will conduct the process of testing 24 local companies who have applied to perform services of accredited registrars of .rs domains. However, the process of entering .rs domains into the central registry of RNIDS and the process of transition from .yu to .rs domains have not been yet officially opened. During the following couple of weeks, the Managing Board of RNIDS is expected to bring a decision on the beginning of entering domains into the central registry of .rs domains and the opening of the process of transition from .yu to .rs domains. The public will be informed about this in timely manner. RNIDS would like to stress that after the process of domain registration has been published, all accredited registrars will start offering domain registration services at the same time. Until then, clients can apply for registering desired .rs domains with accredited registrars but their requests will be sent for registration with RNIDS on the date when the register of .rs domains initiates its operations, which is expected after the first half of January 2008. Ten days before the...

14.12.2007.

Twenty‑four applications for accredited registrars of .rs domains arrived

The first round of applying for accredited registrars of .rs domains was finished at 04:00pm on Friday, November 23rd. RNIDS received the applications of 24 interested companies throughout Serbia. What follows is a complete list of companies (according to the order of applying): EUnet d.o.o. (Belgrade), Pakom d.o.o. (Niš), YUBC System a.d. (Belgrade), Gama Electronics d.o.o. (Belgrade), Loopia d.o.o. (Niš), AbsolutOK d.o.o. (Belgrade), Beocity d.o.o. (Belgrade), Madnet d.o.o. (Pančevo), CRI d.o.o. (Belgrade), TippNet d.o.o. (Subotica), StanCo d.o.o. (Petrovac), SezamPro Hosting ‑ Hosting d.o.o. (Belgrade), Verat d.o.o. (Belgrade), NordNet d.o.o. (Subotica), Neobee.net d.o.o. (Novi Sad), NiNet Company d.o.o. (Niš), HostingMania d.o.o. (Belgrade), SBB d.o.o. (Belgrade), BeoTelNet‑ISP d.o.o. (Belgrade), SCnet d.o.o. (Belgrade), Telekom Srbija a.d. (Belgrade), VTkom d.o.o. (Novi Sad), Public Enterprise of PTT Communications "Srbija"(Belgrade) and MediaWorks d.o.o. (Belgrade). At a meeting held on November 23rd, the Managing Board of RNIDS brought a decision to offer the Contract for performing a .rs domain registration to all the above mentioned companies who had submitted Application forms. A final list of companies which sign the Contract will be published on the site of RNIDS after December 3rd 2007, while the Managing Board of RNIDS will decide on the starting date of .rs domain registration for end users during December...

23.11.2007.

First invitation for applying for accredited registrars of .rs domains

On November 16th, the Serbian National Register of Internet Domain Names (RNIDS) invited legal entities located in Serbia to apply for acquiring the status of accredited registrars of .rs domains. Organisations interested in performing a .rs domain registration can get acquainted with the Conditions and Procedures for Applying on the site of RNIDS (www.prod.rnids.beeloc.rs). Application forms can be submitted by November 23rd 2007, until 04:00pm. On November 26th, RNIDS will send the Contract for signing to first candidates for accredited registrars. The deadline for sending back the signed Contract and paying determined fees is December 3rd 2007. Candidates for accredited registrars should pass the testing procedure until the mid December 2007. The next round of applying for accredited registrars of .rs domains should take place during January 2008. The Managing Board of RNIDS is expected to bring a decision on the starting date for registering .rs domains for end users during December 2007.

16.11.2007.

RNIDS signed agreement with ICANN

The RNIDS Assembly ratified the Letter of Intent with ICANN, signed by a Serbian delegation at 30th International Public ICANN Meeting, held in Los Angeles from 29th October to 2nd November. The signing ceremony was attended by Ms. Mirjana Tasić (the previous .yu domain administrator and the current Acting Director of RNIDS), Vint Cerf (the 'father of the Internet’ and the President of the ICANN Executive Board) and Paul Twomey (CEO ICANN), as well as Slobodan Marković (a member of the Managing Board of RNIDS and ICANN ccNSO Council) and Vladimir Aleksić (from the ICANN Fellowship program). If you wish to see photos from the signing ceremony, as well as details from the official dinner, organised in the Sony Studio in honour of Vint Cerf, who is leaving ICANN after having spent seven years there, please visit this address: http://picasaweb.google.com/netcentar/ICANNLAX SEE MORE: ‑ The letters exchanged between ICANN and RNIDS ‑ The Official ICANN Release

29.10.2007.