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AM Registry 2008 report. Igor Mkrtumyan, imkrtumyan@amnic.net Hrant Dadivanyan, ran@styx.aic.net AM Registry ISOC AM.
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AM Registry 2008 report Igor Mkrtumyan, imkrtumyan@amnic.net Hrant Dadivanyan, ran@styx.aic.net AM Registry ISOC AM ISOC AM
AMNIC Name Policies: - all domain names are open for free registration- no trademark protectionIDN: no support from local communityENUM: ArmincoNumber of domains per 1000 of population Armenia - 3.125Average European – 32.5Growth Rate 2008: approximately- 30% ISOC AM
Conclusions The number of Internet domain names in AM TLD is increasing slow. High percent of the non-resident registrations Probable reasons: High prices of communication lines? Non-favorable conditions for small and middle businesses? High prices of domain names? .am $43.00Average European 12.4 euro(2008) ZookNic.info $1.49.org $2.49 ISOC AM
European statistics • Majority private structure (55%) • Average growth since 2005: 98% • Almost 90% strictly «First come first served» • 21% only under second level domain • 60% of registrations takes less than 1 hour • 65% takes less than 4 hours to be «live» • 72% works with a registrar system • 46% requires presence in the country • 60% does not allow IDN registrations (yet) ISOC AM
AMNIC developments Standard whois server (2004) Major hardware upgrade of the server IPv6-ready services (2006-2008) TSIG - signed transactions (2006-2008) Registrar interface (2007) FAQ rewrite (2007) FAQ on Armenian and Russian (2008) Measures of fighting against cybersquatters (2008) ISOC AM
Registrars Arminco Web Xalt Netsys Dolphin Cornet ADC GlobalAr-requests from BeeLine and Ucom ISOC AM
Plans • Fighting cybersquatters • Legal problems (Artfood) • Major software upgrade (planned to the end of 2008) • IPv6-ready data - whois, application form, etc (planned to the end of 2008) • Statistics of services usage (planed to the end of 2008) • Service monitoring (planed to the end of 2008) • Next steps of fighting cybersquatters (planned to the end of 2008) • DNSSEC (planned to the 2009) ISOC AM