APT Consultative Group on RegulationCOR

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APT Consultative Group on Regulation(COR)

• Domain Name Issues
• Presentation by
• S. N. Gupta
• Advisor
• TRAI, India

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Contents

• 1.Background
• 2.Consultation paper by COR
• 3. Issues for consultation
• 4.Contributions
• 5.Summary of responses
• 6.Recommendations

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Background

• APT forum on Telecommunications Policy and
  Regulation hosted by Malaysia discussed the
  domain name issues and established a Consultative
  group on Regulation to further study the issues.
• This consultative group is being chaired by India
  through S. N. Gupta, Advisor, Telecom Regulatory
  Authority of India.

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Consultation paper by COR

• The Group prepared a consultation paper and
  circulated to APT member Countries for their
  inputs.
• Consultation paper explained the overview of the
  domain name administration and various issues
  involved.

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Contributions

• Contributions were received from Hong Kong,
  Macao, Pakistan, Singapore, India, Vietnam and
  Philippines

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Issues for consultation

• What is the mechanism of domain name
  administration in a country?
• Whether it is handled by Govt. Agency, sector
  regulator, Neutral Not-for-profit body, Service
  providers association, academic Institution or
  Private Corporation
• Whether there is an on-going process to transfer
  the domain name registrar to a neutral body or it
  has already been achieved?
• Is there any provision in the National
  telecommunication act or any policy document for
  addressing the Domain Name issues?

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Summary of responses
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Recommendations

• 1. Mechanism of DN Administration
• Administrator should be a neutral non-profit
  govt. organization
• There should be an independent arbitration agency
  to resolve disputes
• The judgment of arbitration agency should be
  binding on the administrator
• Eligibility for a particular domain name to be
  allocated is required to be sought from the
  applicant to prevent frauds.

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Recommendations (Contd)

• 2. Responsibility of administration for handling
  of domain names
• It should adopt neutral and non-profit approach
• Allocation should be non-discriminatory
• The fees for this purpose should be minimum so
  as to just recover the cost of administration
• Governments of respective countries should take
  initiative to establish such administrative
  agency

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Recommendations (Contd..)

• 3.Provisions in the national policy documents  
  In most of the countries there is no explicit
  provision in respect of administration of domain
  names in their sector policy documents.
• Therefore, it is recommended that establishment
  of such body should be done through a
  administrative order by the Government.
• 4. Further analysis by COR group will be done on
  getting the responses from other members.

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Other members who have not submitted their
contributions should submit their responses for
further analysis by the consultative group
Request for Contributions
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Thank youTRAIS. N. GuptaE-mail
trai09_at_bol.net.in