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Line 32: − − ===Recommendations=== − * Basic internet access issues need to be given priority. Local hosting markets must be strengthened. − * Policies and investment should focus on supporting eCommerce and local language content. − * Local TLD operators should liberalize policies, by making them more accessible, lowering fees, and making policies more transparent.<ref name="study"></ref> − * Standarizing technical and operational systems will reduce coasts and encourage international registrars to support the region, which is essential to long-term growth. − * International registrars can intensify local competition by lowering retail prices and improving uptake. − * [[ccTLD]]s in the region should consider starter programmes and incentives to on-board new registrars at local level. − * Registries may also consider bundling domain names with add-on products such as forwarding services and services that assist customers in building websites.<ref name="study"></ref>
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* 63% of users surveyed tended to use the Internet for social reasons, rather than for business reasons, which only accounted for 37% of those polled.<ref name="study"></ref>
* 63% of users surveyed tended to use the Internet for social reasons, rather than for business reasons, which only accounted for 37% of those polled.<ref name="study"></ref>
===Domain Name Industry===
==Recommendations==
* Basic internet access issues need to be given priority. Local hosting markets must be strengthened.
* Policies and investment should focus on supporting eCommerce and local language content.
* Local TLD operators should liberalize policies, by making them more accessible, lowering fees, and making policies more transparent.<ref name="study"></ref>
* Standarizing technical and operational systems will reduce coasts and encourage international registrars to support the region, which is essential to long-term growth.
* International registrars can intensify local competition by lowering retail prices and improving uptake.
* [[ccTLD]]s in the region should consider starter programmes and incentives to on-board new registrars at local level.
* Registries may also consider bundling domain names with add-on products such as forwarding services and services that assist customers in building websites.<ref name="study"></ref>
==Domain Name Industry & Usage==
* Only 1% of the world's registered domains are in the MEAC region. Only 3 [[ccTLD]]s in the region have higher than 10 domains per 1,000 inhabitants, which compares to 100-300 domains per 1,000 in other countries worldwide.<ref name="study"></ref>
* Only 1% of the world's registered domains are in the MEAC region. Only 3 [[ccTLD]]s in the region have higher than 10 domains per 1,000 inhabitants, which compares to 100-300 domains per 1,000 in other countries worldwide.<ref name="study"></ref>
* Annual growth in domain name registrations is strong, at >20% per year. Growth is particularly strong in ccTLDs that have deregulated, such as [[.tn]] and [[.ma]].
* Annual growth in domain name registrations is strong, at >20% per year. Growth is particularly strong in ccTLDs that have deregulated, such as [[.tn]] and [[.ma]].
* Some registries charge what [[Janelle McAlister]] of [[MarkMonitor]] calls "unreasonable" prices, sometimes well over $100 USD and as high as $200 USD -- even if most were in the range of $35 to $55 USD.<ref name="study"></ref>
* Some registries charge what [[Janelle McAlister]] of [[MarkMonitor]] calls "unreasonable" prices, sometimes well over $100 USD and as high as $200 USD -- even if most were in the range of $35 to $55 USD.<ref name="study"></ref>
* Of the thirteen registries in the region, two who that the most domain names are [[MarkMonitor]] and [[Corporation Service Company]], two American entities that focus primarily on business clientele. The other eleven registrars are focused on individual registrants, and do not offer the same variety of domain names as their business-oriented counterparts.<ref name="study"></ref>
* Of the thirteen registries in the region, two who that the most domain names are [[MarkMonitor]] and [[Corporation Service Company]], two American entities that focus primarily on business clientele. The other eleven registrars are focused on individual registrants, and do not offer the same variety of domain names as their business-oriented counterparts.<ref name="study"></ref>
==MEAC Countries and the Socioeconomic Environment==
==MEAC Countries and the Socioeconomic Environment==