The .it Registry, registry of Italian domains within the Cnr Institute of IT and telematics, during the lockdown recorded a 2.5% growth in Made in Italy brand domains compared to the same period of 2019. The number of the domains registered in July 2020 is around three million 321 thousand: this, it is explained, "places the .it Registry in sixth place in the ranking of the European Country Code Top Level Domains, preceded by Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Russia and France ".
In support of Italian companies in the Ict sector. The Registry.it has also reduced the fees for registering new '.it' brand domains: the reduction is one euro compared to the four currently paid for the activation of each new domain by the Registrars, the companies accredited at the Registry for the management and assignment of domains. The provision, which ends in December, aims to "provide immediate support to the Italian system, seeking to encourage the opening of new networked spaces, identifying our country, by entrepreneurial and commercial activities that can contribute to boosting our economy. focusing on digital ".
Already from mid-March until the end of June, the .it Registry had suspended the costs for the renewal of registrations. "The measures adopted so far - explains Marco Conti, head of the .it Registry and director of the Cnr-Iit - also aim to encourage the digital transition of companies and professionals".