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Republic of the Marshall Is. Country Report. Sub-regional Symposium. ccTLD Workshop Apia, Western Samoa 19-25 June, 2006. Outline of Presentation. Institutional Arrangements NTA Internet Services Policy & regulation Current status of .mh Future Plans Questions & answers.
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Republic of the Marshall Is. Country Report Sub-regional Symposium ccTLD Workshop Apia, Western Samoa 19-25 June, 2006
Outlineof Presentation • Institutional Arrangements • NTA Internet Services • Policy & regulation • Current status of .mh • Future Plans • Questions & answers
Institutional Arrangements • Internet Service Provider • Marshall Islands National Telecommunications Authority (MINTA) • Policy & Regulatory • Ministry of Transportation & Communications • Designation responsibility with Cabinet
Internet Service Provision • NTA Network • Sole provider • Currently NTA has a total of 3Mbps downlink and 2Mbps uplink to the Internet • Current dialup customer base is around 1200 with roughly 30 broadband links to corporate and government offices. • Software & Hardware • Mail servers running on Solaris 10 • Cisco routers, switches, and access servers running on network core.
Policy & Regulation • Cabinet • Policy making responsibility • Designation • Ministry of Transportation and Communications • Limited to radio communications • Designated an external entity to provide registration and administration of .mh • Re-designation decision taken to .mh to local entity • Status of .mh
Future Plans • Infrastructure development • Backbone – high capacity fiber systems and digitization coaxial systems • Customer access network -Wifi hot spot deployment throughout the island • Ministry to be accorded full policy responsibility including domain administration and registration • National Telecommunications Policy • New legislation to be promulgated later this year