.swiss to partner with the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award. The website is now hosted at top100startups.swiss.
The top-level domain .swiss has entered into a partnership with the top event in Switzerland for startups.
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Media releases
Best of Swiss Web marks 20th anniversary with award for the best .swiss website on the internet
In 2020, Best of Swiss Web will celebrate its 20th anniversary. In honour of the milestone, the institution will be presenting a special award that shines the spotlight on the ‘Swissness’ of the web projects submitted. The award is being organised together with partner dot.swiss. Designed as a stylised buoy, the trophy will be presented to the website with a .swiss domain ending that best epitomises the Swiss values of quality, innovation and reliability. (more…)
dot.swiss has teamed up with Best of Swiss Web
The top-level domain .swiss will be playing an active role at Best of Swiss Web. The brand dot.swiss has teamed up with the awards.
.swiss internet addresses: generalised opening
The 11 January launch of the second phase of registration of .swiss internet addresses extends the range of possible domain names and potential candidates. It also opens up the possibility for umbrella organisations or sector representatives to submit a dossier in order to obtain a generic address, such as hotel.swiss or watch.swiss, which will then be put at the disposal of the sector as a whole. The first phase has already enabled some 7000 .swiss internet addresses to be assigned.
Launch of the new .swiss internet domain
Public or private businesses and organisations can now apply to acquire a .swiss internet address. During the initial phase launched on 7 September 2015, applications can relate only to trademarks registered in accordance with an ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) process, names associated with public bodies and distinctive signs protected in Switzerland. At a press conference this morning, federal councillor Doris Leuthard, the head of DETEC, stressed the importance to the Swiss economy of the availability of this new “shop window” abroad.
Link to the press release
Launch of a new information portal for the .swiss internet domain
Relevant news and all important facts and background information are now conveniently available on a single portal: The new www.dot.swiss webpage offers interested parties a wealth of information about the new .swiss domain name. This includes deadlines, conditions for registering a domain name and the application procedure. A newsletter which keeps interested parties constantly informed of the next steps to take – for instance the start of the application procedure – is available and people can sign up for it on the webpage.
Ordinance on Internet Domains (ODI)
Management of the “.swiss” domain names will be regulated in the Ordinance on Internet Domains (ODI), the text of which has been approved by the Federal Council on 5th November 2014. These new provisions will enter into force on 1st January 2015.