Domain Names Requirements – NJQ & Associates

Domain Names – It is Now Possible to Reserve the Extension .AFRICA

NJQ & Associates — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 16:28:11 +0000

This is to advise that the recent amendments to the IP law were approved by the National People’s Congress on 30 August 2013 and will be effective as of 1 May 2014.

According to the gTLD announcements published by ICANN, the South African Central Registry will begin taking applications to reserve the TLD .AFRICA starting from mid-September.

There are no special requirements to register the extension domain .AFRICA.COM. The registration process is open to anyone on a first-come first-serve basis.

The Registry Operator will be using an automated system, the Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP), and only accredited registrars will be able to use the system.

There are various protection mechanisms and policies, which the Registry Operator needs to adhere to, such as:

Rights Protection Policies
Dispute Resolutions
Sunrise Policy
Landrush Policies

For more information please contact info@qumsieh.com.

Arabic Domain Names – Registration of Arabic Domain Names Expected to be Launched Shortly

NJQ & Associates — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 10:36:26 +0000

Jordan, UAE, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Palestine, are expected to launch the registration of Arabic domain names at the beginning of the year 2011.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has taken the necessary procedures which allow these countries to use non Latin characters for domain names registrations.

The table below illustrates the Top-level domain names for these countries and the documents required for registration:

Country

Top-Level Domain

Required Documents

Egypt

.misr

Power of attorney legalised;
Name and title of the authorised signatory, and
Copy of trademark registration.

Jordan

.alordon

Power of attorney legalised;
Name and title of the authorised signatory;
Certified copy of company register, and
The primary name server and secondary name server and their IP addresses.

Palestine

.falasteen

Certified copy of trademark home registration.

Saudi Arabia

.alsauodia

Power of attorney simply signed;
A letter addressed to the Saudi Network Information Center, completed on the applicant’s letterhead, simply signed with company seal, and
Copy of the corresponding certificate of registration or extract from the commercial register.

U.A.E.

.emarat

Letter of authorisation or power of attorney, and
Certified copy of trademark registration.

Pakistan – Registration of .pk Domain is Now Available

NJQ & Associates — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 13:46:43 +0000

As of 21 June 2006, it is possible for anyone to register the domain .PK on a first-come first-served basis.

Please note that it is possible to register “name.pk”. Domains are “.PK” domain names without the suffix, e.g. “.com.pk” or “.net.pk”.

Duration of registration and renewal terms:
Minimum registration of .PK is for 2 years, renewable every year after that, or it is possible to register the .PK domain for 10 years at one time.

Requirements for registering a domain with the extension .pk are as follows:

The ccTLD domain with (.pk) extension to be registered.
Full name, address, nationality and the nature of business of the applicant.
Full name, address of the technical contact.
Following particulars of the name servers:
- Primary Server Hostname.
- Primary Server Net Address (IP).
- Secondary Server Hostname.
- Secondary Server Net Address (IP).