Hi All
This is to inform you all of the establishment of an Internet root server cluster in India. This is an important step forward not only for the country of India, but the Internet as a whole, as it will improve the accessibility, availability, security and speed of the Internet Domain Name System (including .IN and .INFO) within India and the region.
This enhancement to infrastructure is a result of a plan undertaken by the Government of India in 2004. A key step in that plan was the January, 2005 upgrade of the .IN domain to Afilias' technology, a move that coincided with: 1) the liberalization of the domain's policies to open the domain to anyone; and 2) a reduction of the price to a competitive level. The improvements in .IN enabled the domain to grow from 6500 domains to over 125,000 registrations since January 2005.
As the registry services provider for the .IN registry, we must congratulate India's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and the managers at NIXI in their pursuit of advancing the state of technology in the country and in improving the reliability of the Internet to users around the world.
To learn more about the India root server cluster, visit: http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=11617
To learn more about becoming a .IN registrar, visit: http://www.inregistry.in/registrars/become_a_registrar/index_html.
Please join us in congratulating the Government of India on such an important achievement.
Regards Jeetu