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title: "The runner-up group is becoming more uniform"
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published: "2003-06-12T10:35:25+00:00"
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# The runner-up group is becoming more uniform

**The last month was somewhat calmer than the stormy
 April, as far as the number of new .ee subdomains is considered.**

The slightly declining number of applications may
 indicate a smooth transition into summer period during which the number of applications
 is naturally lower than usual. Nonetheless the market leader Zone Media OÜ has
 been able to continue the rise. The achieved 30.1% percentage of mediated domain
 names this month tells a clear proof of a stable and active provider of hosting
 service. The leader mediates a stable count of up to 200 domain name applications
 each month under the .ee subdomain.

When lining up the .ee subdomain names mediated
 by the 10 most active Internet service providers in declining order, we will
 see very large gaps between the first three positions. Starting from the third
 place, the numbers of mediated domain names are very uniform. It is also usual
 that switching-around of those positions does not count for much on the market,
 as following month can bring along another change and the companies can find
 themselves in the same old line-up again.

Telenord Group can be considered the healthy surprise
 of the month of May. This company started a new active advertising campaign
 for it’s hosting service a couple of months ago and is now in the ranks of the
 top ten.

In this last month many of the TOP 10 nominees ended
 up sharing their positions. This on its own account proves the uniform level
 of the ISP-s (Internet Service Providers) in the second and third quarters of
 the table, but it also clearly speaks of furious competition.

Even if the client market may be a hindering factor,
 it is always possible to strengthen a company’s competitive edge via different
 types of flexible IT solutions and applications.

Managing a namespace with Estonian country marking
 is a business that brings along a great deal of responsibility, and sometimes
 arguments over well-known domain names end up in media (for example cvonline.ee
 and hanza.net were covered in Eesti Päevaleht, ekomajad.ee was a subject in
 Äripäev). Some arguments have risen in conjunction with possible unfair competition
 via domain names and possible cases of damaging a brand name that sounds similar
 to a .ee domain name in use. As to now, the policy about domain names that is
 essentially similar in all Northern countries has kept the relevant name spaces
 free of major court arguments. In reality though, Estonian administrative judges
 and lawyers have, too, had more and more chances to prove themselves in the
 field of domains and legal problems around them for the last couple of years.
 Legal information presented upon registering a domain name can be seen at the
 following address: http://www.eenet.ee/info/index.html. In addition to that,
 technical information and dates of changes can be seen at the WHOIS server of
 EENet (whois.eenet.ee).

**TOP 10 registrars in May**

1\.

Zone Media OÜ

30,1%

2\.

Eesti Telefon AS

11,3%

3.- 4.

Northside Solutions OÜ, Uninet AS

3,9%

5\.

Compic OÜ

2,9%

6.- 8.

WebMarket OÜ, Elkdata OÜ, Microlink Data AS

2,3%

9\.

Alfanet OÜ

2,1%

10\.

Telenord Grupp OÜ

1,8%

June 16, 2003, an article in the business paper
 Äripäev

Source: EENet