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Line 53: − − ===History=== − In the year 1993, Tanzania was represented by Bill Sangiwa, Kitalima Babula and Prof. Beda Mutagahwa in the International Internet Conferences. They discussed the delegation of [[.TZ]] domain. The request was made in 1995. All the work was done outside Tanzania, as the Internet was not introduced in the country at that time.<ref>[http://www.iana.org/reports/2010/tz-report-01apr2010.html Report on the?Redelegation of the .TZ domain representing the United Republic of Tanzania to Tanzania Network Information Centre Ltd.]</ref> − − In the year 2005, the Tanzania Communication Regulatory Authority (TCRA) formed a National Committee. The members of the committee included Network operators, [[ISP]]s, University representatives. A technical group was also formed to support the committee. The utilization of the domain was analyzed and experiences of some model countries like China, Brazil, South Africa and Kenya were also considered. − − In the same year, Telecommunication Numbering and Electronic Address Regulations were made and according to this the responsibility of maintaining the electronic numbers and addresses was given to TCRA. − − In 2006, TCRA came with idea of setting up of an organization, which would look after the [[.TZ]] domain. TCRA believed that it was good that the country had an entity which represented the whole of Internet community of Tanzania. According to the findings of TCRA, Tanzania Internet Service Providers Association (TISPA) came into existence.<ref>[http://www.iana.org/reports/2010/tz-report-01apr2010.html Report on the?Redelegation of the .TZ domain representing the United Republic of Tanzania to Tanzania Network Information Centre Ltd.]</ref> − − Tanzania Network Information Centre Limited was set up to fulfill the recommendations of TCRA. − − In 2009, the [[.TZ]] management was transferred from Dar Es Salaam University to TZNIC. This transfer was not an authorized one, because the [[ICANN]] had not approved it through the re-delegation procedure. − − The technical contact for the [[.TZ]] domain was Randy Bush and TZNIC wrote to him about the request to re-delegate the domain. In the request it was stated that the name server of the domain which happened to be rip.psg.com and sunic.sunet.se, remained authoritative after re-delegation of the domain. − − On 23rd October, a request was submitted to the [[ICANN]] by TZNIC.<ref>[http://www.iana.org/reports/2010/tz-report-01apr2010.html Report on the?Redelegation of the [[.TZ]] domain representing the United Republic of Tanzania to Tanzania Network Information Centre Ltd.]</ref> − − On 23 October 2009, TZNIC submitted a request to [[ICANN]] for re-delegation of the [[.TZ]] domain. − − The members of TZNIC are TCRA and TISPA, and the endorsement of the request has been by these two only. The sponsoring foundation was also founded by TCRA. The point of contact for the re-delegation request is TCRA.
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===Facts===
===Facts===
The United Republic of Tanzania uses the TZ ISO 3166-1 code. The country is in eastern part of Africa, and the population of the country stands ate nearly 41 million.<ref>[http://www.iana.org/reports/2010/tz-report-01apr2010.html Report on the?Redelegation of the .TZ domain representing the United Republic of Tanzania to Tanzania Network Information Centre Ltd.]</ref>
The United Republic of Tanzania uses the TZ ISO 3166-1 code. The country is in eastern part of Africa, and the population of the country stands ate nearly 41 million.<ref>[http://www.iana.org/reports/2010/tz-report-01apr2010.html Report on the?Redelegation of the .TZ domain representing the United Republic of Tanzania to Tanzania Network Information Centre Ltd.]</ref>
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