By Ram Mohan, Chair of the Universal Acceptance Steering Group With the start of the new year, I’m reminded of the important progress we’ve made as the Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG). Over the past 12 months, our community-led team of industry leaders has advanced the effort to prepare the online community...

Perspectives for the Gigabit Society The New Year’s reception at the eco Capital Office in Berlin on 24.01.2017 will be running under the motto of "Perspectives for the Gigabit Society". The President of the Bundesnetzagentur (German Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway), Jochen...

eco invites you to the eco New Year’s Reception on 19 January in eco headquarters in Cologne With drinks, fingerfood and live Lounge Reggae & Jazz. EXPLORE HYBRID WORLDS! Mixed-Reality Technologies are expanding out physical dimension more and more – including our day-to-day living space. Hybrid worlds are...

25 – 31 March 2017 – Europa-Park | Rust | Germany WorldHostingDays is the global event series for the cloud services and internet infrastructure industries. The main event is WHD.global, a week-long festival that happens annually in Germany. It’s where leaders come together to understand how all digital technologies...

• eco – Association of the Internet Industry e.V. supports WHD.global 2017 with events on network policy and the domain industry • Association members benefit as WHD.global 2017 exhibitors and visitors • eco given seat in the WorldHostingDays Content Advisory Board The next WHD.global 2017 from 25 to 31 March 2017...

Recent major deals, like the takeover of Host Europe Group by GoDaddy demonstrate the consolidation trends in the Housing and Hosting sector Providers want to exploit economies of scale and expand geographically The beginning of December 2016 has seen two major deals in the Housing and Hosting sector: GoDaddy...

14 - 16 May 2017, Berlin – in cooperation with eco Limited number of eco Special Early Bird Tickets available! Domaining Europe is the event, where Top-Level Decision Makers from the global Domain Industry meet, make business and share new tendencies, tools and knowledge. WHY DOMAINING EUROPE Domaining Europe enables...

eco’s Lars Steffen has been appointed Co-Coordinator of the Community Outreach Project Group as part of the Universal Acceptance Steering Group. In this role, he will work closely with his co-lead, Christian Dawson, from the i2Coalition. The Universal Acceptance Steering Group concentrates on topics related to...

The IANA Stewardship Transition has taken effect. On the night of 30 September to 1 October, the responsible telecommunications authority in the US Department of Commerce, the NTIA, allowed the contract with ICANN relating to the IANA functions to expire. As a result, for the first time since ICANN was founded in 1998,...

eco Association – Names & Numbers Forum presents discussion paper Changes unavoidable for some Top Level Domains Experts define options for action The Brexit referendum is likely to have a substantial impact on the Domains industry. This is the essence of the new discussion paper “Brexit – Challenges...

5 October 2016 – Belgrade The eco Names & Numbers Forum will be represented by Thomas Rickert and Lars Steffen at the CENTR Registrar Day when the 56. CENTR General Assembly takes place in Belgrade. We are looking forward to valuable talks and interesting speeches! Social event All participants to the CENTR...

eco Domain Name Heads – Interview with Bernhard Lüders, CEO of Sutter Telefonbuchverlag GmbH Not only was the German .ruhr the first new top-level domain to become generally available, on 27 March 2014, as part of ICANN’s “new gTLD Program”, it again took the lead with the announcement on 5 April 2016 by the telephone...

Summit, Executive Brunch & River Cruise OX Summit connects the key decision-makers from hoster, telco, cable and mobile carriers to exchange the valued business insight and technology expertise that regional and global providers need to transform their growth. This is the industry & portfolio showcase that connects...

eco calls for lawmakers to change course The requirements are causing financial ruin for small and medium-sized enterprises SMEs need financial compensation for the implementation and ongoing costs Legislator must define practical rules compliant with EU law At the latest a year from now, on 1 July 2017,...

Encryption is more important today than ever before. We spoke to Klaus Schmeh – cryptography expert, author, and consultant at cryptovision – to find out why it is not being used more widely. Klaus Schmeh deals with the topic encryption almost daily in his German-language blog, the Klausis Krypto Kolumne. Mr Schmeh,...

27 July 2016, 12.00-13.00 UTC – remote meeting BREXIT is posing multiple challenges on the domain industry. Many registries have local presence requirements only allowing for individuals and companies residing in the European Union to register domain names. Will UK registrants now loose their domain names? How will...

ICANN56 Helsinki – 28 June 2016, 1:30-2:30 pm, Helsinki Hall eco – Association of the Internet Industry is planning a global concerted initiative consisting of virtual and physical meetings to inform and educate about domain names, doing business online and broader internet governance topics. The session on Tuesday...

Please RSVP via this form by 10 June 2016 Remote participation details will be sent the week of 13 June 2016 The ICANN Policy Development Support Team will provide a Policy Update Webinar on Thursday, 16 June 2016 at 10:00 UTC and 19:00 UTC, in preparation for the upcoming ICANN Policy Forum in Helsinki. The purpose...

27 - 30 June 2016, Helsinki Meet the eco Names & Numbers Forum! You have requirements and feedback or questions about eco? We will be happy to be there for you! Oliver Süme (eco Deputy Chair of the Board) Thomas Rickert (Co-Chair CCWG, eco Director Names & Numbers) and Lars Steffen (Member Services, eco...