On 8 August, the 2,500,000th .nl domain name was registered. Since 2003 SIDN say there has been a strong increase in the number of .nl domain names registered. In December 2003 the one millionth domain name was registered and the two millionth in August 2006. SIDN note that despite the introduction of the .eu ccTLD, the .nl ccTLD registrations have increased by 25%.For the SIDN news release in Dutch, see www.sidn.nl/ace.php/c,727,5314,,,,2_500_000ste_nl-domeinnaam_geregistreerd.html