NSW:Australia reaches 2 millionth domain name

AAP General News (Australia)
03-08-2011
NSW:Australia reaches 2 millionth domain name

SYDNEY, March 7 AAP - The internet community has celebrated a significant milestone
with the registration of the two millionth Australian domain name.

The milestone follows strong growth in registrations over the past 10 years and places
Australia's domain name, au, in the top 10 largest country codes in the world.

The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Stephen Conroy,
said the achievement was evidence of Australia's growing digital economy.

"The digital economy is the future and I'm pleased to see more Australians getting
an online presence," he said in a release on Monday.

"The internet offers incredible opportunities to businesses, organisations and individuals
and the continued growth of the au domain shows how much Australians are embracing the
online world in almost all aspects of their lives."

There were 275,000 Australians domains registered in 2002, the chief executive of the
Australian Domain Name Administrator auDA, Chris Disspain, said.

That there are now two million is something to celebrate and all Australians should
be proud of the strong online community that has been created, he said.

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