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New Delhi, April 6 The .in country code internet domain name Registry services set up by the National Internet Exchange of India (Nixi) have so far registered more than 1,00,000 till now in since the time it was officially launched about 90 days ago..in Registry has been created by the National Internet Exchange of India (Nixi) and is promoted by the Department of Information Technology (DIT) . .in relaunch began in January with the opening of a 21-day Sunrise period for trademark owners. More than 2,000 names were registered during this period, or approximately 4 per cent of total registrations. .in was officially opened to the public on February 16, 2005. More than 45,000 registrations, or 52 per cent of total names registered to date, were registered during the initial 24-hour period of this land rush. Subsequently, the name has grown to over 1 lakh names presently, an official statement said. .in names are held by registrants from 108 different countries, the most popular of which are India, Germany, and the United States, which together account for over 80 percent of registrations, the statement said.
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