CZ.NIC
Encyclopedia
History
CZ.NIC has been founded in 1998 as neutral operator of ccTLD domain .cz.cz
.cz is the country code top-level domain for the Czech Republic. It is administered by CZ.NIC. Registrations must be ordered via accredited domain name registrars.Before the split in 1993 former Czechoslovakia used domain .cs....
, previously managed by EUNet Czechia (and its successors).
CZ.NIC worked as policy making organisation, while technical operation has been outsourced (by T-Systems Pragonet).
At 2003 CZ.NIC received permission for operation of eNum
Enum
ENUM or enum may refer to:* E.164 NUmber Mapping, a suite of protocols to unify the telephone system with the Internet* An enumerated type, a data type consisting of a set of named values...
domain for Czech telephone numbers 0.2.4.e164.arpa.
During the 2006 CZ.NIC decided to insource technical operation of the domain management systems. New systems has been developed till autumn of 2006 and trial operation of Czech eNum
Enum
ENUM or enum may refer to:* E.164 NUmber Mapping, a suite of protocols to unify the telephone system with the Internet* An enumerated type, a data type consisting of a set of named values...
is running on this software.
Present (2006/2007)
CZ.NIC is open association (Statutes). Any organisation with domicile in the European UnionEuropean Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
can join. There are three Chambers of members (Registrars, ISP and Domain name holders).
CZ.NIC is now focused to two goals: commercial start of eNum
Enum
ENUM or enum may refer to:* E.164 NUmber Mapping, a suite of protocols to unify the telephone system with the Internet* An enumerated type, a data type consisting of a set of named values...
registration in Czech republic (planned to January 2007) and insourcing
Insourcing
Insourcing is the opposite of outsourcing; that is insourcing is often defined as the delegation of operations or jobs from production within a business to an internal entity that specializes in that operation...
of .cz
.cz
.cz is the country code top-level domain for the Czech Republic. It is administered by CZ.NIC. Registrations must be ordered via accredited domain name registrars.Before the split in 1993 former Czechoslovakia used domain .cs....
(planned for September/October 2007).
International
CZ.NIC is member of CENTR.CZ.NIC is member of Country Code Names Supporting Organization ccNSO
CcNSO
The Country Code Names Supporting Organization of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is the policy-development body for a narrow range of global issues regarding country code top-level domains within the ICANN structure.Established under the bylaws of ICANN, it is...
, ICANN
ICANN
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is a non-profit corporation headquartered in Marina del Rey, California, United States, that was created on September 18, 1998, and incorporated on September 30, 1998 to oversee a number of Internet-related tasks previously performed directly...
activity.
CZ.NIC is associated member of EURid, manager of .eu
.eu
.eu is the country code top-level domain for the European Union . Launched 7 December 2005, the domain is available for organisations in and residents of EU member states. The TLD is administered by EURid, a consortium consisting of the national ccTLD registry operators of Belgium, Sweden, Italy...
.