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DAC 8 Sponsor’s update

DAC 8 Sponsor’s update. October 11, 2005 Geneva. Domain registration and use (Sep 22, 2005). 3,833 names registered Descrease by 75 since April 2005 1,761 customers Increase by 50 since April 2005 Associations using .aero names SATA.aero (Subsonic Aerodynamic Testing Association),

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DAC 8 Sponsor’s update

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  1. DAC 8Sponsor’s update October 11, 2005 Geneva

  2. Domain registration and use (Sep 22, 2005) • 3,833 names registered • Descrease by 75 since April 2005 • 1,761customers • Increase by 50 since April 2005 • Associations using .aero names • SATA.aero (Subsonic Aerodynamic Testing Association), • JPDO.aero (Joint Planning & Development Office), • FATA.aero (Florida Aviation Trades Association), • BBGA.aero (British Business & General Aviation Association), • NAFA.aero (National Aircraft Finance Association) • SITA to conduct structured telephone interviews with non renewing registrants in Oct/Nov 2005

  3. Acquisition of Domain Bank by Dotster • Acquisition concerns a major registrar (54% of .aero names) • Dotster is one of top 10 registrars with 3M names after acquisition and with wider range of associated services • Both SITA and ICANN have to consent to the contract assignment • SITA ready to issue conditional consent subject to full qualification within 3 months • Both sides waiting for ICANN to issue its consent • Received assurances that there will be no interruption of the service • Dotster intends to serve .aero customers in the future • Domain Bank staff and systems contracted to operate until full handover • Communications with customers once acquisition is completed • Dotster to inform customers once all permissions were obtained • SITA will provide info on its own web

  4. Policy Issues Requests for consultation for this DAC meeting • Reservation and pre-registration of FAA airport codes (see request 8/1) • Selection of .aero registry operation (see request 8/2) • Allocation of geographic names (see request 8/3) Since last DAC meeting SITA responded negatively to the following: • twelve inquiries about registration of airport codes by non airports: VPN, EOS, ATS, ACS, ARM, IFA, TCZ, AMS, MRW, SAI, ADI, CTI. • one request for registration of the 2-letter airline code TV.aero by a non-airline customer.

  5. Relationships with the industry associations • Held talks with EBAA about becoming a .aero partner • Waiting for EBAA board to decide • Presentation to ATA’s Digital Security Working Group • aerospace sector should be represented by ATA, talks with ATA scheduled for Nov • links between .aero and TSCP, talks with Certipath’s CTO scheduled for Oct • links between secure directories in aerospace and .aero naming • Participation on industry events • ACI’s World Pacific Nov 6 – 9, 2005 • IATA’s Strategic Information Technology Conference Nov 29 –30, 2005 • NBAA’s Annual Meeting and Convention, advertising campaign Sept – Nov, 2005

  6. WSIS and ICANN update • World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) • governance of Internet in the widest scope (spam, security, privacy, internationalisation, sovereign government rights, global accessibility of Internet) • fair sharing of Internet connectivity costs between developed and developing countries • access to Internet for all, providing information and communication technologies to developing countries • The nature of Internet regulation will change • we don’t know how (4 options under discussion) • we don’t know when (strong disagreements between governments) • SITA’s position • recognize and respect the need of governments to be more involved in the wide spectrum of issues relating to Internet governance • wish to see that any change of arrangements and discussions leading up to it do not negatively impact the security, stability and global accessibility of the Internet

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