The Council of European National Top-Level Domain Registries (CENTR) is an association of Internet Country Code Top-Level Domain Registries - commonly known as ccTLD Registries. It has a European focus, but is open for membership from all geographical areas.
CENTR has offices in UK, Austria and Belgium and consists of full members, associate members, observers and a secretariat. Today, CENTR counts over 50 ccTLDs from around the world amongst its membership.
One of CENTR’s main objectives is to provide a forum for its members to exchange information and discuss issues of importance. The CENTR secretariat also collects and documents information about member registries for internal and external use.
The Council of European National Top-Level Domain Registries (CENTR) announced today their response to Professor Michael Geist's draft survey report "Government and country-code top level Domains: A global survey", which was conducted on behalf of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in December 2003. "In the last decade the general trend has been to de-regulate markets in the Communications Industry, which continues to stimulate economic growth and innovation, and it seems perverse that this ITU supported report is seeking to go against the proven successful trend," said Paul Kane, chairman of CENTR. more