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PRESS RELEASE
.EU SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED (UPDATE 18:39 CET)
Brussels, Belgium – 7 December 2005.
Today at 11:00, EURid opened its systems to receive applications for .eu domain names. Some 800 Registrars in 25 countries are still sending in the applications they received from numerous candidate domain name holders all across the EU.
TOTALS
At 11:15:00, we had received 40.503 applications (> 40/second with peaks of >60/second).
At 12:00:00, we counted more than 80.000 applications (>23/second).
At 13:55:00, we counted 95.370 applications.
At 16:13:00, we counted 98.718 applications.
At 17:12:00, we counted 99.928 applications.
At 18:45:00, we counted 100.000 applications.
BREAKDOWN at 17:12:00 CET
Total applications 99.928
Unique applications (only 1 application for the domain name) 78.565
Corresponding to
• geographical indications or denominations of origin 645
• public bodies 7.728
• national trade marks 70.090
• community or international trade marks 21.455
Top 3 by time of reception (milliseconds):
1. tickets.eu 11:00:01.699
2. job.eu 11:00:01.711
3. hotels.eu 11:00:01.712
Top 12 most requested domain names at 17:38 CET :
1. sex.eu 213
2. hotel.eu 112
3. travel.eu 90
4. jobs.eu 89
5. hotels.eu 86
6. casino 76
7. poker 72
8. golf 67
9. business 66
10. music 64
11. porn 63
12. shopping 63
Breakdown per country at 17:34 CET :
percentage of applications by applicants originating from
1. Germany 34.89%
2. France 12.76%
3. The Netherlands 12.39%
4. UK 10.14%
5. Belgium 5.85%
6. Sweden 4.80%
7. Italy 4.15%
8. Austria 3.05%
Please bear in mind that these applications are made under Sunrise I, the first phase of the .eu launch in which only public bodies and holders of prior rights (such as trade marks) can apply for registration.
An updated statement will follow tomorrow, 8 December.
Source: http://www.eurid.eu/en/registrant/press
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