TWNIC

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Type: Non-profit
Industry: Registrar
Founded: Taiwan, 1999
Headquarters: 4F-2, No.9, Sec. 2, Roosevelt Rd
Taipei, 100,
Taiwan, R.O.C
Country: Taiwan
Email: service [at] twnic.net.tw
Website: twnic.net.tw
Key People
Lai Fei-Pei, Chairman

Liang Ming-Cheng, Executive Director

The Taiwan Network Information Center (TWNIC) is a non-profit organization, officially funded by the Directorate General Telecommunications of MOTC ( Ministry of Transportation and Communications) and Computer Society of Republic of China, on December 29, 1999.[1]

TWNIC provides the registration service of .com.tw, .net.tw, .org.tw and .idv.tw. TWNIC has authorized Asia Pacific Online Service Inc.(APOL), PC home Online Co. Ltd , Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd (HiNet), Digital United Inc .(SeedNet), TISNet Technology Inc.(TISNET), Net-Chinese Co., Ltd as domain name registrars.

During 2006 TWNIC has conducted a survey on the domain name use of .tw. The survey gives an insight into the trends in Taiwan[2]

In 2007, ICANN and TWNIC has hosted a meeting called "Toward the New Era of Internet", focusing on Internationalized domain names, Internet security key.[3] In 2010, TWNIC has conducted a seminar on "Broadband Policy and Development" at the 2010 Taipei IT Month.[4]

History

  • March 1994 to June 1996- TWNIC was setup as 2 year experimental program.
  • June 1996 to April 1998- operation of the Taiwan Network Information Center under the Computer Society of the ROC (CSROC)
  • April 1998 to December 1999- The NII decided that the Directorate-General of Telecommunication was responsible for TWNIC and it was finally registered on 29 December,1999. [5]

Committees and Departments

  • Domain Name Committee
  • IP Address and Protocol Committee
  • International Affairs Committee
  • Network Security Committee
  • Domain Name Service department
  • IP address and Protocol Service Department
  • International Affairs and Public Relations Department
  • Technology Support Department
  • Administration Support Department

Core Business

  • Domain Name Registration Service
    • English Domain Name Registration Service
    • Chinese Domain Name Registration Service
    • Domain Name Registry/Registrar Service
    • The Task Force for the dispute resolution policy for Domain Name
  • IP Address Allocation Service
  • Autonomous System Number Service

References