[kictanet] www.east-africa.ea

[Bill Kagai]

Perhaps what is important is to ensure we do not get tangled in
logistics and endless debate over the [.ea] domain with Melila and
Ceuta. An alternative can be an ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 extension [.eac]
for [.EastAfricaCommunity] which I have checked is still unclaimed.

I do not hold any copyright to the [.eac] or [.ea] idea so if KICTANET
or any of its members can run with it, it will be beneficial to
me...because I will reach a bigger market for my stock information
subscription without the public fret that [.ke] is taking all the
business in East Africa.

Michuki...I therefore see [.eac] as an aggressive  business strategy
complimenting [.ke], [.tz] etc and not as competition.

Alice...If KICTANET knows some influential people at the East Africa
Community Secretariat in Arusha, maybe they can help get things into
second gear with ICANN??

Bill

On 6/20/07, Michuki Mwangi <michuki at kenic.or.ke> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> It has taken the .EU over 4 years to have it in place. Its taken
> similary .ASIA the equivalent to have theirs in place.
> .EA is entered into the IS0-3166-1 standards table and reserved as the
> country code for Ceuta and Melilla.
>
> Hence for ICANN to issue a two letter code, it has to be in the
> ISO-3166-1 table.
>
> There are other requirements that also have to be met for the process to
> be completed. It requires intense collaboration amongst members of the
> community to see the application approved by ICANN.
>
> For whats it worth its some discussions that we have been having amongst
> ourselves and there are challenges to this effect.
>
> First line of thought is are we at a point ready to thrown in
> competition to our national ccTLDs?.
>
> If to compare with the EU, most ccTLD's within the region are well
> established with over 100,000 domain names - hence very financially
> stable. In our region, none of the 3 ccTLDs are above 10,000 domains.
> Can the ccTLDs compete with the .EA or its equivalent?.
>
> Or is the thinking line that we may eventually move to a political
> federation and hence no need of the .KE, .TZ, .UG, .RW, .BI et al.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Kagwe James wrote:
> > Anything can change I guess and with the current waves of regional
> > integrations ICANN may have to reconsider its hard stance on this and
> > create another classification of regional top level domains (RTLD) just
> > like the CCTLD's, or something like that.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: kictanet-bounces+jkagwe=aforbes.co.ke at kictanet.or.ke
> > [mailto:kictanet-bounces+jkagwe=aforbes.co.ke at kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf
> > Of Kai Wulff
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 6:58 AM
> > To: Kagwe James
> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] www.east-africa.ea
> >
> > Well,
> >
> > there is .EU .. And take it from me, they are not very organized ..
> >
> > Kai
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <jmanthi at gmail.com>
> > To: <kai.wulff at kdn.co.ke>
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 23:00
> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] www.east-africa.ea
> >
> >
> >> This would be a very good thing and would very  popular with those
> >> businesses that need to do businesses within EA.
> >>
> >> But at those time I think it would be very impossible because ICANN
> > rules
> >> basicaaly say that country extensions (EA) can only be given to
> >> politically organized countries.
> >>
> >> My 2 cents.
> >>
> >> Joe
> >> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: "Bill Kagai" <mediacorp.research at mediacorp.co.ke>
> >>
> >> Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:03:29
> >> To:Joseph Manthi <jmanthi at gmail.com>
> >> Subject: [kictanet] www.east-africa.ea
> >>
> >>
> >> For those in the know, how feasible is introducing a dot [EA] domain.
> >> With a lucrative market population of 109 million after adding Rwanda
> >> and Burundi into East Africa Community...is it possible to have one
> >> website with a [.ea] domain instead of having 5 websites for [.ke],
> >> [.ug], [.tz], [.rw] and [.bi]?? And may be soon [.southsudan]??
> >>
> >> --
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> >> Bildad Kagai
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With Kind Regards,
Bildad Kagai
MD - MediaCorp Limited
Suite B2, Tetu Apartments
StateHouse Avenue
P. O. Box 20311-00200
Tel. 254 20 272 8332
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