(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — ICANN’s (www.icann.org) Country Code Name Supporting Organization (ccnso.icann.org) has welcomed its 100th member, Centro de Informatica da Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, operator of the Mozambique country code, .MZ.
Expanding significantly in recent years, ccNSO membership in 2009 alone has grown by 18 members, including country code operators for .IL (Israel), .DE (Germany) and .EU (the European Union). On 3 December, it added IT college Universidade Eduardo Mondlane as the 100th country code top-level domain name manager.
Founded in 2003, the ccNSO provides ccTLD managers a unique, global platform to share information and experiences with other ccTLD managers and the broader ICANN community, and to develop global policy recommendations regarding country code top-level domains.
In 2009, the African Region gained 3 ccTLD managers; Asia-Pacific Region, 4; and the European Region, 11. North America, Latin America and the Caribbean Region, have already experienced much of their growth in previous years, and added no new managers this year.
The ccNSO now provides a worldwide forum for ccTLD managers to meet and discuss issues that concern them. For example, ccTLD operators collaborated in the ccNSO to develop a coordinated response to global Internet security threats, conduct studies on the use of wildcards and re-direction in ccTLDs, and develop recommendations for the introduction of internationalised ccTLDs.
The ccNSO is also a forum to nurture consensus, technical cooperation and skill building among ccTLDs. It facilitates the development of voluntary best practices for ccTLD managers, and concerted efforts by the ccNSO in cooperation with many others over the last two years will bring about the first top-level domain names to operate without using Western-based characters in 2010.
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