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| "As Chamber of Commerce and Industry we support every project, which is suitable to open new perspectives for our city Berlin. A Top-Level-Domain named Berlin would be an international pilot project for the city marketing and a strong signal which goes with the brand Berlin: innovative and clever. By this opportunites for a grand entrance for the business in Berlin will result." |  Jan Eder Managing Director of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
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| "A Top-Level-Domain with the name Berlin could become a future trade mark for our city and this way for local companies and businesses. Especially for original and typical berlin trade marks „dotBerlin“ offers great marketing opportunities." |  Nils Busch-Petersen Managing Director of the trade association Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. |
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| "No city worldwide is like Berlin. The innovative approach of .berlin creates awareness and visibility and strenghtens Berlin's global image as unmatchable, modern and trend setting metropolis.“ |  Hanns Peter Nerger Managing Director, Berlin Tourismus Marketing GmbH (city marketing organisation) |
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| ".berlin offers to the Berlin hotel business the chance for an progressive and clearly structured appearance and an easy way to find Berlin's hotels on the world wide web.“ |  Hans Eilers Chairman, BTM-Partnerhotels e.V. (represent the hotel business in Berlin) |
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| ".berlin is a trade mark, an own Top-Level-Domain for Germanys internet city no. one is for sure much more than a marketing gimmick. Berliner companies will get a more valuable company web address and can identify themselves stronger with the location berlin. For this reason the VBKI supports the project dotBERLIN." |  Udo Marin Managing Director, Association of Berlin Trade and Industry (VBKI) |
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| "We expect that the decentralization of the internet advances and there the wish for further domains extensions like city top level domains. In principle we welcome more diversity. There's no reason why the existing extensions like .de, .org, .com should not be complemented and extended. For us more competition is one of the most relevant issues, not only with regards to the rights-owner of the extension but particularly among the registries, which administer the extensions. Here monopolies have to be avoided from our point of view.“ |   Grietje Bettin (MdB) Member of German Bundestag, head of sub-commitee New Media, member of BÜNDNIS 90/Die Grünen party |
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| "As co-founder of DENIC and Internet user since 1984 I was witness on the introduction of Top-Level-Domains at all and I have seen, how this resource took the Internet Community a very big step forward. With a project like "dotBerlin" we are quasi in front of the next quality improvement. As president of the German ISP Association and its European umbrella organisation EuroISPA I can and will acitively support "dotBerlin"! The impulses that Berlin will send by its TLD will provide a promotion that traditional media will ever reach." |
  Prof. Michael Rotert Chairman eco e.V. - German ISP Association, President EuroISPA (European Internet Service Provider Association) |
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| "I think .berlin is a neccessary initiative: Because the Internet shows - partly despite what was expected - very well a geographic dimension. Berlin is one of the outstanding focal points for this. By .berlin a sustainable impuls will be set which will be an important step to guide the future .berlin(ers) to an rich and complex community.“ |  Prof. Dr. Martin Grothe, Institute Electronic Business (IEB), UdK, Berlin |
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| As one of the leading ICANN accredited registrars in Europe, Key-Systems offers their full support to the .BERLIN TLD project. "Not many TLD- Introductions of the past have been a success and actually given the internet a structure to the benefit of the users. The idea of creating a new TLD representing the capital cities of countries could possibly be successful on a global scale." Key-Systems supports the initiative of .BERLIN to be the first to apply for such a TLD. |  Robert Birkner Director Sales & International Business Key-Systems GmbH |
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| "For .berlin-Domains we expect a real demand!“ |  Elmar Knipp Managing Director Knipp Medien und Kommunikation GmbH |
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| ".berlin as new, locally positioned TLD takes up the demand for local offerings and connection. In contrast to globalization the individual relationship still remains the local surroundings. With .berlin the Berliners will get first of all their own perceivable identity on the Internet - and pioneer this way for other regional Internet communities. As a registrar we support the .berlin project as a meaningful and necessary evolution of the internet." |  Alexander Schwertner Managing Director EPAG Domainservices GmbH |
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| "Chicago mis-uses .ch, Rosenheim .ro and Los Angeles .la today, why not cover the demand of a metropolis like Berlin with .berlin? .berlin will become a huge success, because it is an identifier for the community. I am convinced other cities will follow. " |  Frederick Schiwek VP International Business Development, EuroDNS S.A. |
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| "Especially interesting for me is the idea to setup portals based on generic terms like "cinema.berlin" - not as a page of one cinema but as a portal for all cinemans based in Berlin. This is an innovative and meaningful use of the Domain-Name-System, which has been done so far by search engines. As well the aspect of offerings for the the local community promising." |  Iliya Nickelt, Member of "Virtual local party" der SPD (VOV) at ICANNs NCUC |
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| "Especially for Berlin based companies .berlin is an interesting idea to to underscore their regional origin. Additionally the city of Berlin would enlarge its role of important player in the German Internet scene by an own TLD." |  Jens Tamm Member of the Board, PSINet Germany GmbH |
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| "Berlin stands for all good and bad things germany has to offer, yesterday and today. Berlin is the nukleus of the federal republic. Especially for the creatice industry. Motor Entertainment is part of this community and broadcasts for Berliners. We would be happy to have Berlin as Icon for Motor - especially as annex behind our name: www.motor.berlin, because we stand for this city!“ |  Tim Renner Managing Director Motor Entertainment |
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| For Air Berlin as Berlin's biggest advertising medium is the Internet an importanf sales channel. The domain name www.air.berlin would perfectly fit with our domain strategy. We welcome the project." |  André Rahn Manager E-Commerce, AirBerlin Air Berlin PLC & Co. Luftverkehrs KG |
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| "With a .berlin address you can show your affiliation to the community of Berlin. The visualization of Berliner adresses can be strengthened best with stadtplan.berlin - mistakes excluded." |
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| "The deepening of distinctiveness und achieving a brand recognition for Berlin as a leading life science location will be sharpened and supported with .berlin very effectively.." |  Dr. Franz Dormann Managing Director, Gesundheitsstadt Berlin e.V. |
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| "As a berlin-based ICT-company we look forward to the new domain extension .berlin. With .berlin many new business models will become reality.“ |  Thomas Witt Director Business Development, Infopark AG |
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| "Your plans match with our plans to expand Berlin towards an attractive, economically interesting metropolis. For this purpose "dotBerlin" is an important component for the city marketing and the economy of Berlin. We appreciate, if the economy of Berlin could make use of "dotBerlin" and multiplier effects could be generated. Berlin gets with "dotBerlin" a n individual trade mark on the internet. The electronic guild speaks app. for 2.000 companies in Berlin. The electronic guild will support the project energetic and inform and involve their members in a timely manner. A Top-Level-Domain with the name Berlin offers local companies the opportunity to present themselves in a innovative and atrractive way and offers added value for our members. We plan to extend our ideally support for dotBERLIN for a participation under company law at the dotBERLIN GmbH & Co. KG." |  Constantin Rehlinger, Managing Director Landesinnung Elektrotechnik Berlin |
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| "Berlin-Domains strengthen the individuality and chracteristic of a exciting, fashionable and modern city. This will help the economy of Berlin at national and international presenationas and thereby als the Berliners." |  Markus Feix Managing Director Friseur-Innung Berlin |
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| "www.brotfabrik.berlin would be a unique and easy to remember adress, which we could use for marketing and communication purposes." |  Jörg Fügmann Managing Director Brotfabrik |
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| "The Grand Hyatt Berlin reflects the identity of Berlin by trendsetting design, modern arts and an international spirit. An Internet address with the extension .berlin would strongly emphasise our connection to this city." |  Kerstin Riedel Marketing Communications Manager, Grand Hyatt Berlin |
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| "Real estate markets are local markets. Domains which have the name of the city already included, easen the search for the property." | Henning Kiene Managing Director Kiene Property Management GmbH, Berlin |
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| "This is fantastic ...and I did not know about it! .berlin is a critical contribution to the variety of efforts underway today to use networking for building global spaces that are horizontal and sub-national.”
Saskia Sassen is Co-Autor of the book"Digital Formations: ICTs and New Architectures of the Global Realm." |
Saskia Sassen, Professor of Sociology at University of Chicago and Professor at London School of Economics, City Researcher, Theory of the information society |
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| "Architecture, like great literature or poetry or music, can tell the story of the human soul. Buildings are not inanimate objects. They live and breathe. The same can be said about .berlin. It is a great initiative, giving the metropolis Berlin and its citizens a modern virtual countenance." |
Daniel Libeskind, Architect LLC, New York |
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