epages News [Internet Cafes, February 2005] .in domain name gains favour with NRIsFeb 21, 2005: .in domain has attracted attention & emerged as a hot favourite with NRIs across the world. To make the same happen, the Government will discuss accreditation of foreign registrars for registering the '.in' country code Internet domain name. So popular has been the pressure exerted by Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) in opting for an Indian identity on the net.
An indication of its tremendous popularity with NRIs comes in the form of a well known Dubai-based company that has promised to enroll at least one lakh NRIs from the United Arab Emirates (UAE); Sharjah and Dubai. Another noted case is that of a Singapore based accredited registrar, that has already brought in NRIs and People of Indian Origin (PIOs).
The pace has gathered speed, 66,000 people have received' .in' domain name in the four days since the registries opened for the general public. On an average, over 15,000 registrations are received per day & officials expected the trend to slow down and stabilise at 35,000 a month.
Jitendra Kumar, Advisor with NIXI, a Government owned not-for-profit organization said, “It has started slowing down since Friday and is down to 3,000 per day. But we are revising our estimates because there is lots of excitement among NRIs to get a '.in' domain name." He also said that tomorrow’s meeting willconsider applications submitted by 15 companies including some from overseas. The process has also made easy by the procedure going on-line that allocation ofthe domain name in a couple of hours.
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