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<div>This flies against the ICANN objective of increasing competition and consumer choice in the name space</div>
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<div>On Fri, Jun 3, 2016, at 01:40 PM, Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) via kictanet wrote:</div>
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<div class="me60767gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I like the Kenyan system. Let it be voluntary. Let policy and other actors create the case for having a .ke domain name. </div>
<div class="me60767gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">@John Gitau, but what is the point of a domain name for a business/company? Why would for example, a holding company need a mandatory online presence? </div>
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<div>IMHO registering a .ke should be builti into the company registration process and the cost added therein complete with default emails like info@domain created and forwarded to the primary address you give as part of the registration.<br />
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<div class="me60767h5">On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 1:19 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" defang_rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Here is the link to the Tanzanian regulations: <a href="http://www.tanzania.go.tz/egov_uploads/documents/Electronic%20Communication%20Numbering%20and%20Addressing%20regulations%202011.pdf" defang_rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.tanzania.go.tz/egov_uploads/documents/Electronic%20Communication%20Numbering%20and%20Addressing%20regulations%202011.pdf</a>
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<div>10. Any public or business entity in Tanzania shall register and use domains with country’s ccTLD, the dot-tz. </div>
<div> (2) Dot-tz Electronic Communications shall be used for all official correspondences unless where proved technically not possible. </div>
<div> (3) The Tanzania Network Information Centre (tzNIC) shall serve both as the technical and administrative Manager of dot-tzccTLD. </div>
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<div>Form the above</div>
<div>1. Does it mean it's a MUST for all businesses go register .tz domain, or they can register at their discretion? My reading is that it's at business discretion. From the newspaper notice, the reason given for businesses to register .tz is to "contribute to the national revenue", and not to help businesses get online. This will make business view this as additional taxation rather than a value added service.</div>
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<div>2. The regulation mandating all "official correspondences" - I assume this means "government entities correspondence" to be on .tz is highly welcomed.</div>
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<p dir="ltr">I may not think forcing that is a good idea. But building awareness and positively sensitizing people may be better.</p>
<p dir="ltr">In the long run already established websites may face a battle with the new way they may need to rebrand..</p>
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<div>On 3 Jun 2016 10:42 am, "Ali Hussein via kictanet" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" defang_rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div>Interesting developments from our neighbors. Something to emulate or should we leave the choice to enterprise and individuals?<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold">Date:</span> 3 June 2016 at 10:12:00 AM EAT<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold">To:</span> "Ali Hussein" <<a href="mailto:Ali.Hussein@campusciti.com" defang_rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Ali.Hussein@Campusciti.com</a>><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold">Subject:</span> <span style="font-weight: bold">TCRA to enforce use of .tz domain names</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold">Reply-To:</span> "Mohsin from Extreme Web Technologies Ltd" <<a href="mailto:support@extremewebtechnologies.com" defang_rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">support@extremewebtechnologies.com</a>><br />
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<p>Hi Ali</p>
<p>Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) published a public notice in the Daily News on 1st June, 2016 that reminds us that <span style="font-weight: bold">all business entities registered in the country should have and use dot(.) tz domain names.</span></p>
<p>The notice stated that this requirement is in order to comply with the regulatory requirements and to contribute to the national revenue. However, the notice does not give a deadline to do so or limit the use of other domain endings. Therefore we assume that if you own a .com, .net, .org, or any other domain ending then you are required to register a respective .tz domain name.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold">Extreme Web Technologies is the top performing accredited registrar of tzNIC.</span> The price of domain registration for .TZ is TZS 25,000/- per annum. If you are using a .com, .net, .org or any other extensions, please get in touch with us so we can assist you to acquire your .TZ domain and setup the redirections if required. You can continue using your current domain name for your email communications.</p>
<p>Here is the full public notice as published by the Daily News:</p>
<p><img alt="" src="http://media.extremewebtechnologies.com/announcements/TCRA-public-announcement-01June2016.jpg" style="max-width:100%" title="TCRA Public Announcement" /></p>
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