.eu domain names registration to start this year

After more than seven years of waiting, European companies and individuals can soon use .eu domain names.

The registration period is likely to start later this year and the .eu extension should be launched in early 2006.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, (ICANN) the organisation that oversees technical matters related to the Internet, has finally approved the .eu extension.

According to the European Registry of Internet Domain names - the non profit ...