European businesses set for .eu domain war

Europe is set to become and internet fixture with the launch of its own extension - the .eu domain - and businesses are preparing themselves for the battle to bear the two letters. As Indom http://www.indom.com , a French firm specialised in the registration of name domains, reports, 500 million potential European candidates for the new domain will converge in a "gold rush". While the date for the attribution of the new extension has not yet been set, businesses have been gearing up for the prestigious new web address.