….ie increased market share by 1.6% to 41.5% (compared to .com and .eu) 150,000th .ie domain registration milestone passed McAfee security survey reported .ie namespace remained in the top five safest in the world. The IE Domain Registry (IEDR), the not-for-profit public organisation that manages Ireland’s top level internet domain, .ie, reports continued strong core trading performance…

…domains being registered in the period from January to June this year, a 10% increase on the 19,099 domains registered in the same period last year. These new registrations represent an annualised growth rate of 27.4% on the number of domains since the start of the year. The figures point to steady demand for the .ie…

…quarter last year and an 18.5% increase on registrations in the last quarter of 2010. The total number of .ie domains now stands at 160,000. The IEDR’s quarterly registrations report reveals steady demand from Irish sole traders and limited companies, that together account for over 80% of new registrants for the trusted .ie namespace, which is…

…the total with 64,788 domains. The report also observes that Irish-based hosting providers (HSPs) are competing successfully with major UK and European hosting providers, and have gained market share at the expense of the US-based hosting service providers who once dominated the Irish market at the start of the decade. Irish HSPs have increased their market…