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For those unaware and may be interested, this call for comments is an opportunity to hear from you on ways to support and expand the Domain Name Industry in the region.

Why is it important to get some Pacific input? The Pacific Islands countries do not have established ICANN accredited registrars located in country. There are also a few ICANN accredited registrars in Australia and NZ. It's a business choice really (read the current criteria one has to satisfy to become ICANN accredited). A registrar has to establish relationships with the ccTLD / gTLD registry to register domains names under their top level domain.

Is this something that budding entrepreneurs / telcos or other ICT businesses may want to start in the region? Think about all the new gTLD registries that are into implementation stage now.

Please submit your views to http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/dns-underserved-14may14-en.htm

Regards, Save ICANN

From: ICANN News Alert communications@icann.org Reply-To: "communications@icann.org" communications@icann.org Date: Thursday, 15 May 2014 9:20 AM To: Save Vocea save.vocea@icann.org Subject: ICANN News Alert -- Report: Supporting the Domain Name Industry in Underserved Regions

ICANN News Alert

http://www.icann.org/ News Alert

http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-14may14-en.htm

Report: Supporting the Domain Name Industry in Underserved Regions

14 May 2014

Forum Announcement: Comment Period Opens on Date: 14 May 2014 Categories/Tags: * Contracted Party Agreements * Reviews/Improvements * Participation

Purpose (Brief): This is a report about supporting the domain name industry in underserved regions, prepared by ICANN staff for public comment. Public comments on this report will be used to determine next steps to support the domain name industry in underserved regions. Public Comment Box Link: http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/dns-underserved-14may14-en.htm