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STRATO connects Europe’s 2 millionth .eu domain

EURid, the European registry office, has reported that STRATO, one of Europe’s leading web-hosting companies is responsible for connecting the 2 millionth .eu domain for the website www.ayurveda-vitalprodukte.eu.

According to official figures, this now means that .eu is Europe’s third most subscribed to domain, only three months after it was launched to the European public.

"STRATO is one of our key registrars in Europe and their successful efforts have been decisive in promoting the popularisation of the .eu domain", says Marc Van Wesemael, CEO of EURid.

Damian Schmidt, CEO, STRATO, said, “We strongly believe that the decrease in the uptake of .com in Europe since the beginning of the Landrush phase strongly indicates that the introduction of the .eu domain appears to be acting as a serious contender to the .com domain. This has certainly been a success story for .eu in Europe and we predict that this will be a continuing trend as more and more organisations and consumers choose to sign up for a .eu domain as opposed to .com.’’

Recognised for its strong leadership in the European web-hosting market, STRATO has been involved in the arrival and journey of .eu to Europe from day one. Not only has the company successfully registered the two millionth .eu domain in Europe, but it was also responsible for registering the first commercially used .eu domain online.

With over two million domains and more than one million customer contracts, STRATO is active in both the web hosting and .eu domain space throughout the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, and the Netherlands.

Notes to Editors

STRATO is one of Europe’s leading web hosts and in June 2006 was recognized as Germany’s number one web host provider by the eco Association of the German Internet industry, for their ongoing focus on excellent quality and customer service
STRATO is based in Berlin and currently has two million domains and one million customer contracts. STRATO operations currently exist across Europe, including Germany, UK, Italy, Spain, France and the Netherlands
STRATO was the first major European web host to receive the internationally coveted German Technical Control Board seal “BS7799“ which is now ISO 27001:2005. The British standard certification was awarded by the independent German testing organisation TÜV SÜD, for the reliability of its computing centres, security and data availability
Partners of STRATO are e.g. Sun Microsystems, Cisco, AMD, Adobe and Microsoft
Besides complete domain packages and DSL broadband access, STRATO markets high-quality servers and solutions in the area of e-commerce
STRATO is a one hundred per cent subsidiary of freenet.de, a listed Internet and telecommunications company with over ten million customers
STRATO benefits from the competence of its parent company and utilises existing group synergies to offer its own customers exceptional services

Information about STRATO can be found on the STRATO website at www.strato.eu / www.strato.com

For more information please contact:

Sneha Nagmoti/Richard Warner
T: 0207 388 9988
E: nagmoti@spreckley.co.uk

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