Update from cc TLD Meeting Rome Mar 2

Update from > cc. TLD Meeting @ Rome > Mar 2 nd, 2004 > Ching Chiao, TWNIC > chiao@twnic. net. tw

Content p. Internet in Taiwan p. About TWNIC p. tw Registry Service p. Other Projects

Taiwan Profile East China Sea > Land Area - 36, 000 KM 2 > Population - 22, 45 million > Household - 6. 9 million > Per Capita Income - US$ 11, 633 > PC penetration (household basis) - 72% Pacific Ocean (source: TWNIC)

Internet in Taiwan

Internet Penetration (As of Jan 2004) > Internet Users: 11. 6 M (+12 yr old) > Broadband to Household: 3. 3 M -Average Speed: 1. 5 M/64 K -Average Cost per Month: $35 USD > Wireless LAN (802. 11) : 11% > Mobile Phone Internet (GPRS/PHS/3 G) : 6% -Mobile Phone Penetration: +111%

Outgoing bandwidth to Foreign Countries (2004. 1, source: map. twnic. net. tw) Rank From TW to Bandwidth (Mbps) 1 USA 27082. 089 2 Japan 7856. 008 3 Hong Kong 5412. 520 4 China 3119. 232 5 South Korea 766. 528 6 Singapore 318. 824 7 UK 200. 256 8 Australia 50. 880 9 Malaysia 50. 880 10 Philippines 46. 784 11 Macau 10. 240 12 Thailand 4. 096 13 Indonesia 2. 048 14 Saudi Arabia 2. 048 15 France 0. 256 Total 44922. 686

Number of. TW Domain Names ASCII Domain Names: 133, 244 Restricted com. tw = 96, 129 idv. tw = 22, 221 org. tw = 5, 293 net. tw = 1, 472 edu. tw = 4, 124 gov. tw = 1, 783 ebiz/club/game. tw = 774/880/578 Chinese Domain Names: 20, 887 Chinese. tw (as of Jan. 2004)

Domain Name Growth - ASCII

Chinese. tw (BIG 5)

About TWNIC

What is TWNIC? >. tw Registry Service - Org. 1996 / Est. 1999 - ICANN contracted cc. TLD manager (2003) > IP (v 4/v 6) Address Allocation - Founding member of APNIC

TWNIC’s Organizational Structure Board of Directors & supervisors Chairman of Board Domain Name Committee IP Address and Protocol Committee Executive Director International Affairs Committee Network Security Committee Vice Executive Director Domain Name Dept. IP Dept. Int’l Affairs & Public Relations Dept. Technical Dept. Admin. Dept.

…and there’s more > APTLD Secretariat > ISOC Taiwan Chapter ALS > Chinese Domain Name Consortium (CDNC) / JET > cc. NSO Member > APNIC / ASO / PIR….

. tw Registry Service

. tw Registration service > Registry-Registrar Model - 9 Domestic Registrars (Using API) - Rev. Share Model w/ Ceiling Price - Top 3 registrars take up 80% of total registration - Register-First-Pay-Later Policy - 18 ICANN Accredited Registrars Signed Up thru Neu. Level, More to Join (Using EPP 4) - Real-time registration > Value-Added Services - Dynamic DNS - DNS security scan service - DNS online training - Browser’s Plug-in for Chinese Domain Name

Regulations > Supervision and Guidance for Internet Protocol (IP) Address and Domain Name Registration and Management Services by DGT > Guidelines for Administration of Domain Name Registration >. tw Registration Agreement > TWNIC Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy > Guidelines for Authorization of Domain Name Registration Services

Domain Name and Internet Protocol Regulatory Hierarchy Diagram Telecommunications Act (Article 20. 1) Promulgated by the Presidential Order Supervision and Guidance for Internet Protocol Address and Domain Name Registration and Management Services (Article 7) Approved by DGT Guidelines for Administration of Domain Name Registration Guidelines for Administration of IP Address Registration Approved by TWNIC’s Domain Name Committee Approved by TWNIC’s IP Committee

TWNIC Domain Name Dispute Resolution > Similar to current UDRP > Two dispute resolution service providers are

Other Projects > Chinese. tw Promotion > ASCII. tw under evaluation > “ 0944” ENUM Trial Project - www. enum. org. tw > Grand IPv 6 Project - www. ipv 6. org. tw

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