National Internet Exchange of India

.IN Registry Operation Update

.IN ccTLD• .IN is the Country Code Top Level Domain (ccTLD)

• Originally managed by National Centre for Software Technology (NCST), now known as Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) Restrictive eligibility requirements Registry and Registrar functions combined in one Difficult, expensive and lengthy registration process About 6600 names in the database

• During Aug, 2004, Government of India decided to transfer the .IN Domain Name activity from National Center for software technology, Mumbai to NIXI.

•.IN Registry under NIXI became functional with effect from 1st Jan, 2005 with help of Technical Service Provider (TSP).

•.IN Registry adopted a liberal policy with robust dispute resolution mechanism.

Role of Technical Services Provider (TSP)

Afilias India Pvt. Ltd. was selected as .IN Registry Technical Service Provider (TSP). Afilias provide a shared registration system enabling registrars to submit real-time registration requests, a public WHOIS service, DNS resolution, and enable all .IN Registry-authorized registrars to offer second and third level registrations. Afilias also provide advice on policy, marketing and other relevant matters for the .IN domain.

Where are we today?• More than 1.3 million domain names registered

• More than 87 Registrars appointed across the world.

• Qualified Arbitrators appointed for dispute/conflict management of domains, with a vibrant Dispute Resolution Policy (No. of arbitrators is 15 and No. of Disputes 331)

• Proactively taking steps to reduce abuse of Domain Names.

Domain Create Per Month

Cumulative Domain Name Registered

Number of Registrars

Rank/Registrar Name

Total Number of Domains .IN Number of Domains

.IN Registrar / Date of

Accreditation1. Go Daddy Software 3,65,12,397 93881 Yes (Dec - 2008)

2. eNom 1,00,13,214 11112 Yes (Mar - 2008)

3. Tucows 77,99,780 5695 Yes (Sep - 2009)

4. Network Solutions 63,37,441 nil No

5. 1 & 1 Internet AG 50,55,664 nil No

6. Melbourne IT 42,21,455 444 Yes (Aug - 2008)

7. Wild West Domains 32,88,666 3297 Yes ( Jan - 2009)

8. Moniker Online Service

28,29,052 nil No

9. Public Domain Registry

25,67,849 2,46,887 Yes (Jan-2005)

10. Register.com 23,89,775 nil No

60 % Worlds Top 10 Registrars are associated with .IN

(According to http://www.collegefallout.com/list-of-top-10-domain-name-registrars/ )

Market Price of Different Registry

(according to http://hioxindia.com/domain.php )

Domain Name New Registration (INR per Year )

.com 449.00 ($9.12)

.net 449.00 ($9.12)

.Org 449.00 ($9.12)

.info 449.00 ($9.12)

.IN 99.00 ($2.01)

co.in , net.in , org.in , gen.in , firm.in ,ind.in

110.00 ($2.23)

.IN Marketing Programme• Introduced .IN Promotional Programme regularly.

• Registrar enrollment is necessary.

• Two types of promo run (i.e. Volume based and Growth based)

• Registrar will receive the larger of the two rebates each month. No need to choose – the .IN Registry will determine which portion of the program gives you BIGGEST REBATE.

• Registrars with less than 25 registrations per month on average during the preceding 3 months remain ineligible for promo program rebates

Current Promo Period Based on Number of Domain (1st Sep 2011 – 31st Mar 2012)

Current Promo Period based on Percentage growth of Domains

(1st Sep 2011 – 31st Mar 2012)

Impact of Promo Program

Current Promo Period

Products available…

Unlimited registrationsavailable for all

Unlimited registrationsavailable for all

Reserved for use byQualified organizations in India

Reserved for use byQualified organizations in India

.in .co.in

.IN Zones.IN Zones

.org.in

.net.in .gen.in

.firm.in

.ind.in

.gov.in.ac.in

.mil.in

.edu.in

.res.in

Domain Price

Second level domain, e.g. . IN Rs. 350

Third level domain, e.g. co.in, net.in, org.in

Rs. 250

RGP Restore Fee Rs. 1000

Transfer of domain name and Renewal domain name price are equal to create of domain price

Dispute Resolution Process

The INDRP is structured in conformity with the internationally accepted guidelines and the Indian Information Technology Act. The Indian domain name dispute resolution process involves the application of two legal documents namely :

- .IN Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy [INDRP]- INDRP Rules of Procedure

To file a complaint, please follow the instructions in the INDRP Rules ofProcedure. Once NIXI has received your request, and your filing fee, itwill assign an arbitrator and you will receive additional communications.

All dispute will be resolved in 90 days.

All dispute shall be subject to the jurisdiction of Delhi courts only.

Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) in Indian Language

Internationalized Domain Name (IDN)

• Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) are domain names represented by local language

characters. Such domain names could contain letters or characters from non-ASCII scripts (for

example, Hindi or Urdu).

• Benefit of IDNs:

* Facilitates interaction with locals in their native languages.

* Promotes usage of local language content

* Promotes reach of Internet in remote & far flung villages.

* Enables bridging of the Digital Divide.

* IGF strongly believes in increasing the diversity of Internet through

introduction of multilingual address and creating to online local

language content.

Why IDN

72% of India’s population resides in Rural and Remote area.

Internet penetration in Rural area is only 2.3%.

Lot of scope to increase this penetration.

IDN will be an enabler to increase the penetration through use of local language

IDN in 7 Languages approved in Feb, 2011 by ICANN

Products to be made available in IDN

Unlimited registrations available for allUnlimited registrations available for all

IDN ZonesIDN Zones

S.No IDN Language

1 .भा�रत .Bharat in Devanagari

2 .ভা�রত .Bharat in Bengala

3 .భారత్ .Bharat in Telgu

4 .ભા�રત .Bharat in Gujarati

5 بھارت . .Bharat in Urdu

6 .இந்தி�யா� .Indiya in Tamil

7 . ਭਾ�ਰਤ .Bharat in Gurumukhi (Punjabi)

DNSSEC Implemented in IN Registry

• The .IN Registry successfully signed the .IN zone file with DNSSEC.

• A DNSSEC OT&E environment made available to Registrars.

• Some of the signed domains : - www.crocker.in - www.stevecrocker.in

Registrars being encouraged to clear OT&E and offer DNSSEC to endusers.

Thank You