abonnement 99 € Lettre gratuite  Sur votre site  RSS Accès abonnéMot de passe oublié ? Actualité Cahier juridique Spécial Europe English version By Stéphane VAN GELDER stephane.vangelder@domainesinfo.fr Published: Monday, July 9, 2007 Print articleEmail article Possible parliamentary support for .BERLIN Proposed CityTLD .BERLIN is facing opposition from the German city's senate but may yet rally support from its parliament.   The city of Berlin's parliamentary building In a previous report on CityTLD discussions from the San Juan ICANN meeting, we mentioned the rising opposition to the creation of a new .BERLIN Internet suffix seemingly coming from the city's very own government. We asked DotBERLIN GmbH, the company behind the .BERLIN initiative, what the situation really was. "The Berlin Senate (i.e. government) is currently not in favor of a .BERLIN," explained DotBERLIN's Johannes Lenz-Hawliczek. "The city wants to protect their portal, operated as a public-private-partnership with a publishing house and two banks, from competition that might arise from new portals under a future .BERLIN." Opposition from the city's government could spell trouble for the CityTLD project, but luckily for DotBERLIN GmbH it seems not all of Berlin's institutions are working on the same page. "The Berlin parliament is currently discussing a resolution submitted by the opposition CDU asking the Senate to support .BERLIN," Lenz-Hawliczek added. Parliamentary support would serve to strengthen .BERLIN's position and may help convince ICANN to OK the new domain for a planned launch next year. Recherche sur le site   A propos de nous   Nous contacter   = requiert un paiement ou un abonnement payant DomainesInfo est une publication de INDOM, Société par actions simplifiée au capital de 472 727,5 € 124-126, rue de Provence 75008 Paris INDOM une marque de Group NBT Ltd Directeur de la publication : Stéphane Van Gelder Rédacteur en chef : Stéphane Van Gelder