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<H1 class=headline>Zimbabwe : broadlands to invest U.S.$100 million in infrastructure</H1>
<P class=date>29 January 2010</P>
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Harare — BROADLANDS Networks, a new telecommunications operator, is planning to invest US$100 million to complete installation of infrastructure for its fourth generation (4G) telecommunication technology network across the country.<BR>
Broadlands has so far sunk US$30 million to lay the foundation for its multi-service telecommunication services in Harare, Bulawayo and Gweru and plans to complete countrywide infrastructure set up by June this year.<BR>
Fibre-optic infrastructure has already been installed in Harare's high-density traffic areas such as Newlands, Mt Pleasant, Borrowdale and Avondale for the 4G high-speed telecommunications network.<BR>
4G technology is the latest, evolving telecommunications technology allowing high-speed voice and video calls, Internet access and media streaming, among many other applications depending on developer of the technology software.<BR>
The technology works through such gadgets as mobile handsets, laptops and television sets.<BR>
The infrastructure has also been laid in similar high-density traffic areas in the three cities covered thus far and would be spread to all areas with viable subscriber numbers.<BR>
The new telecommunications operator would offer the range of telecommunication service from Internet connectivity, fixed and mobile phone service, video calling and computerised television access.<BR>
Broadlands would also offer financial transfer services across the country using a mobile-like SIM card that works through a "docking station" such as a cellphone, computer or a Broadlands-supported point of sale.<BR>
Internet service operations are already up and running while fixed and mobile telephone (including video calling) services would be available by February this year initially in Harare, Bulawayo and Gweru.<BR>
The full range of data and telecommunication services would be accessible across the country by June this year when the US$100 million investment has been committed.<BR>
"This is real broadband, this technology is 4G and the service we will support includes your traditional Internet, fixed and mobile telecommunication service and television access (Internet Protocol Television).<BR>
"We have wired up the entire CBD, and all places between Newlands, Borrowdale, Mt Pleasant and Avondale and we will continue to reach out more places across the entire city. We have also wired up Gweru and Bulawayo although have not been commissioned," said Broadlands chief executive Mr Chemist Siziba.<BR>
The telecommunication operator is currently test-running its mobile and fixed telephone system on initially on 5 000 subscribers and has capacity to connect up to 10 million subscribers across the entire country.<BR>
Mr Siziba said the company would distribute over 25 000 electronic gadgets across the country that will allow subscribers to access other services for transactions such as bill payment and electronic funds transfer.<BR>
Subscribers would also access Internet services and TV channels all through their traditional television sets connected to the Broadlands network.<BR>
Broadlands Networks started in South Africa and has expanded to eight countries on the continent, namely Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Malawi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia and Gabon.<BR>
Its services will be a complement and competition to telecommunication services offered by mobile phone operators Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, NetOne and Telecel, and the country's<BR>
sole fixed telephone operator TelOne.<BR>
Its operations will create more jobs in the telecommunications sector, but, more importantly, this will immensely assist the country's transition to the cyber age where business transactions are now completed at the click of a button.<BR>
Thus far, the rapid expansion of Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has seen the country's mobile phone service penetration rate jumping to 24 percent by December 2009 from only 10 percent in January of the same year.<BR>
The World Bank contends that a marginal increase in the information communication technology of a country significantly impacts on that country's Gross Domestic Product as the world moves to a complete cyber age.<BR>
Against this background, Government is set to launch an ICT master plan to enhance the rapid transformation of this sector in Zimbabwe. <BR>
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Source : The Herald<BR>
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<BR>> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:53:35 +0200<BR>> From: africann-request@afrinic.net<BR>> Subject: AfrICANN Digest, Vol 35, Issue 17<BR>> To: africann@afrinic.net<BR>> <BR>> Send AfrICANN mailing list submissions to<BR>> africann@afrinic.net<BR>> <BR>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<BR>> https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann<BR>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<BR>> africann-request@afrinic.net<BR>> <BR>> You can reach the person managing the list at<BR>> africann-owner@afrinic.net<BR>> <BR>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<BR>> than "Re: Contents of AfrICANN digest..."<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Today's Topics:<BR>> <BR>> 1. RE: {Spam?} [AfTLD-Discuss] {Spam?} ICANN Remains Committed<BR>> to Nairobi andAfrica (Mary Uduma)<BR>> 2. Security Innovation Grant (John Kristoff)<BR>> 3. FW: Organization Announcement - Congratulations Denise Michel<BR>> and welcome David Olive (Glen de Saint G?ry)<BR>> 4. DNSSEC Deployment in Root Zone of DNS Begins at ICANN<BR>> (Anne-Rachel Inn?)<BR>> 5. Rwanda : Seacom's broadband to be delivered through the<BR>> national backbone (LO MAMADOU)<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Message: 1<BR>> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:27:47 +0100<BR>> From: "Mary Uduma" <mnuduma@ncc.gov.ng><BR>> Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] RE: {Spam?} [AfTLD-Discuss] {Spam?} ICANN<BR>> Remains Committed to Nairobi andAfrica<BR>> To: "Katim S. Touray" <kaamt@yahoo.com>, <africann@afrinic.net>,<BR>> <aftld-discuss@aftld.org>, "FOSSFA Council" <council@fossfa.net><BR>> Message-ID:<BR>> <82072316EB26FD4CADBD7055AD1479EC1F8188@EXCH-SERVER.NCC.LOCAL><BR>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<BR>> <BR>> Good news. Katim thanks<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Mary Uduma<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> From: aftld-discuss-bounces@aftld.org<BR>> [mailto:aftld-discuss-bounces@aftld.org] On Behalf Of Katim S. Touray<BR>> Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 10:40 AM<BR>> To: africann@afrinic.net; aftld-discuss@aftld.org; FOSSFA Council<BR>> Subject: {Spam?} [AfTLD-Discuss] {Spam?} ICANN Remains Committed to<BR>> Nairobi andAfrica<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Dear all,<BR>> <BR>> Following the recent debates about ICANN's upcoming meeting in Nairobi,<BR>> it will please you to hear that the ICANN Board has decided to proceed<BR>> with plans to have the meeting there. Read more about the decision on<BR>> the ICANN blog:<BR>> http://blog.icann.org/2010/01/icann-remains-committed-to-nairobi-and-afr<BR>> ica/<BR>> <BR>> Best wishes, and see you all in Nairobi!<BR>> <BR>> Katim<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> -- <BR>> This message has been scanned for viruses and <BR>> dangerous content by KeNIC MailScanner <http://www.kenic.or.ke/> , and<BR>> is <BR>> believed to be clean. <BR>> <BR>> Kenya Network Information Centre (KeNIC). <BR>> <BR>> -------------- next part --------------<BR>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<BR>> URL: https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/africann/attachments/20100125/56446f92/attachment-0001.htm<BR>> <BR>> ------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Message: 2<BR>> Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:00:21 -0600<BR>> From: John Kristoff <jtk@cymru.com><BR>> Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Security Innovation Grant<BR>> To: africann@afrinic.net<BR>> Message-ID: <20100127090021.034b26f0@t61p><BR>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII<BR>> <BR>> Hi folks,<BR>> <BR>> This seems worthy of mention here (and a couple other places, sorry if<BR>> you've seen this already).<BR>> <BR>> The Dragon Research Group (DRG) is administering an annual Security<BR>> Innovation Grant. A grant that provides funding of up to $10,000<BR>> (US) to help grow the next generation of innovators in the area of<BR>> Internet security. We are particularly interested in receiving<BR>> proposals from developing regions and from creative folks who might<BR>> not otherwise have access to such financial support.<BR>> <BR>> Funding will be provided for freely available, non-commercial and open<BR>> source projects that help address online security issues. For more<BR>> information and submission guidelines, please see:<BR>> <BR>> <https://drg.team-cymru.org/grant.html><BR>> <BR>> Submission deadline is Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 11:00 UTC.<BR>> <BR>> Feel free to share the content of this message with your friends and<BR>> colleagues around the globe.<BR>> <BR>> John<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Message: 3<BR>> Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:14:03 -0800<BR>> From: Glen de Saint G?ry <Glen@icann.org><BR>> Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] FW: Organization Announcement -<BR>> Congratulations Denise Michel and welcome David Olive<BR>> To: "africann@afrinic.net" <africann@afrinic.net><BR>> Message-ID:<BR>> <05B243F724B2284986522B6ACD0504D7D33DC73FD5@EXVPMBX100-1.exc.icann.org><BR>> <BR>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Forwarded from Doug Brent<BR>> <BR>> ----------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Dear ICANN Community Members,<BR>> <BR>> I am pleased to announce that our VP of Policy, Denise Michel, has accepted the new position of Advisor to the CEO and we have recruited David Olive to serve as ICANN's Vice President of Policy Development.<BR>> <BR>> Denise's new responsibility will draw on her outstanding work at ICANN over the last decade, which included helping to create what is now our global At-Large community, building an excellent ICANN Policy Staff, launching ICANN's independent reviews and restructuring initiatives, and personally shepherding some of ICANN's most important policy initiatives. Denise will help lay the ground work for ICANN's new accountability and transparency initiatives and provide Rod with strategic advice. She will be working, in part, out of ICANN's Palo Alto office.<BR>> <BR>> I am really excited to be adding David Olive to our team. He adds both significant strength to ICANN's management team and senior presence in Washington DC. David joins ICANN from Fujitsu, where he had a successful twenty year career, and was General Manager and Chief Corporate Representative of Fujitsu's D.C. Office. He advised Fujitsu on business planning, corporate and business development, and public policy issues affecting information technology, the Internet, electronic commerce, electronic government, telecommunications, and science and technology.<BR>> <BR>> In addition to his strong track record at Fujitsu, David has been an active participant in various technology-centric organizations, including as a member of the Commercial Board of Directors of TechAmerica, and as a member on the Board of Directors of the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) in Washington, D.C.<BR>> <BR>> He has also worked with many global business groups, including the Global Information Infrastructure Commission (GIIC), the U.S.-Japan Business Council, and the International Chamber of Commerce. David has been the Public Policy Chairman for WITSA, a consortium of over 70 information technology industry associations from economies around the world. David served as a Fujitsu representative to an OECD group and to the U.S. State Department's Advisory Committee on International Communications and Information Policy.<BR>> <BR>> David attended undergraduate studies at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and graduate studies at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies and Princeton University.<BR>> <BR>> David will report directly to me and join effective 15 February. I am sure you all will join me in congratulating Denise on her new role, and welcoming David to the ICANN team!<BR>> <BR>> Best,<BR>> Doug<BR>> <BR>> --<BR>> Doug Brent<BR>> Chief Operating Officer<BR>> ICANN<BR>> Voice: +1 310.301.3871<BR>> Mobile: +1 650.996.4447<BR>> Fax: +1 310.823.8649<BR>> -------------- next part --------------<BR>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<BR>> URL: https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/africann/attachments/20100127/f942b91e/attachment-0001.htm<BR>> <BR>> ------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Message: 4<BR>> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:25:00 +0300<BR>> From: Anne-Rachel Inn? <annerachel@gmail.com><BR>> Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] DNSSEC Deployment in Root Zone of DNS<BR>> Begins at ICANN<BR>> To: africann@afrinic.net<BR>> Message-ID:<BR>> <bd1bfd501001272225r5896a23br4944c7cabe4b8f73@mail.gmail.com><BR>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<BR>> <BR>> DNSSEC Deployment in Root Zone of DNS Begins at ICANN<BR>> <BR>> 27 January 2010<BR>> <BR>> The collaboration between ICANN, the Commerce Department's National<BR>> Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and VeriSign, Inc.<BR>> to deploy DNSSEC in the root zone of the Domain Name System (DNS) passed an<BR>> important milestone today. DNSSEC information is now being served by L-Root,<BR>> one of the Internet's 13 root servers, operated by ICANN.<BR>> <BR>> The DNS is vitally important to the proper operation of almost all services<BR>> on the Internet, and the deployment of DNSSEC in the root zone is the<BR>> biggest structural improvement to the DNS to happen in twenty years. The<BR>> deployment of DNSSEC is proceeding with widespread involvement of the<BR>> Internet's technical community, and is being carefully staged so that any<BR>> unintended consequences of the deployment can be identified and mitigated<BR>> promptly.<BR>> <BR>> ICANN engineers executed a maintenance procedure to introduce DNSSEC data<BR>> into L-Root between 1800-2000 UTC on 27 January 2010. The maintenance was<BR>> completed as planned. The reaction of the root server system as a whole to<BR>> the change is being closely monitored, with root server operators performing<BR>> extensive data collection to be analysed centrally. The data collection and<BR>> analysis is being coordinated by DNS-OARC, the Domain Name System Operations<BR>> Analysis and Research Center.<BR>> <BR>> Other root server operators will execute similar maintenance procedures in<BR>> the coming months. Deployment of DNSSEC is proposed to be completed in July<BR>> 2010.<BR>> <BR>> For more information about the deployment of DNSSEC in the root zone,<BR>> including details of how to contact the deployment team, please visit<BR>> http://www.root-dnssec.org/.<BR>> -------------- next part --------------<BR>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<BR>> URL: https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/africann/attachments/20100128/ae0126fb/attachment-0001.htm<BR>> <BR>> ------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Message: 5<BR>> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:45:07 +0000<BR>> From: LO MAMADOU <alfamamadou@hotmail.com><BR>> Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Rwanda : Seacom's broadband to be<BR>> delivered through the national backbone<BR>> To: <africann@afrinic.net><BR>> Message-ID: <SNT136-w46999B806A99610C57037FBB5C0@phx.gbl><BR>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Rwanda: Seacom's broadband to be delivered through the national backbone<BR>> Gertrude Majyambere<BR>> 28 January 2010<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Kigali — New Artel Rwanda has said that it will deliver the high data rate Internet access from Seacom's undersea fibre-optic cable through the national backbone.<BR>> <BR>> The government-owned Internet Service Provider (ISP) had planed to land the submarine cable to Rwanda through Uganda Telecom's Point-of-Presence (POP), Rwandatel.<BR>> <BR>> Officials said that it was discovered that Rwandatel does not have the capability of delivering the 155 Mbs capacity, something that caused delays in the implementation of the project.<BR>> <BR>> "In order to have a more reliable connectivity, the capacity will be delivered through the national backbone fibre-optic by UTL from Gatuna to Kigali," Francis Karemera, CEO of New Artel said in interview on Tuesday.<BR>> <BR>> Currently, there is a focus on accelerating the deployment of Kigali-Gatuna link which is critical to connecting Rwanda to the submarine cable.<BR>> <BR>> Rwanda Development Board (RDB)-ICT expects to deliver the national backbone to Gatuna boarder by the end of February in order to route the data to Kigali.<BR>> <BR>> Artel was supposed to land Seacom's cable by November last year.<BR>> <BR>> The impediment to deliver the capacity was discovered by a survey done by Rwanda Utility Regulatory Agency (RURA), New Artel and UTL.<BR>> <BR>> When contacted, Rwandatel's Chief Technical Officer (CTO), Basilio Sadindi, said they did not receive any communication from New Artel.<BR>> <BR>> "The contract is between New Artel and SEACOM. However, SEACOM had verbally requested Rwandatel to deliver the capacity but nothing has been communicated to stop us, we were still waiting for New Artel to ask for connection. We have the capacity," Sadindi said.<BR>> <BR>> Authorities say that government had finalised negotiations with Seacom and that technical issues were being handled between UTL and Rwandatel.<BR>> <BR>> Karemera, said that SEACOM's 5 Synchronous Transport Module (5STM-1) needed five fibre pairs from Gatuna (Uganda-Rwanda boarder) to Kigali yet Rwandatel had only one cable.<BR>> <BR>> New Artel will offer 155 Mbps to Kigali Metropolitan Network to connect ministries, universities and districts as the priority.<BR>> <BR>> The plan is to connect the capacity to New Altel building to the national fibre by splicing five fibre pairs in the metro manhole located at their head offices<BR>> <BR>> With the national backbone being linked to Seacom's cable it is expected that the only one fibre will be utilised.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Source : The new times<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> > Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:52:05 +0200<BR>> > From: africann-request@afrinic.net<BR>> > Subject: AfrICANN Digest, Vol 35, Issue 16<BR>> > To: africann@afrinic.net<BR>> > <BR>> > Send AfrICANN mailing list submissions to<BR>> > africann@afrinic.net<BR>> > <BR>> > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<BR>> > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann<BR>> > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<BR>> > africann-request@afrinic.net<BR>> > <BR>> > You can reach the person managing the list at<BR>> > africann-owner@afrinic.net<BR>> > <BR>> > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<BR>> > than "Re: Contents of AfrICANN digest..."<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > Today's Topics:<BR>> > <BR>> > 1. ICANN Weekly Newsletter (Anne-Rachel Inn?)<BR>> > 2. ICANN Remains Committed to Nairobi and Africa (Katim S. Touray)<BR>> > 3. Le nombre d'adresses IPv4 disponibles tombe sous la barre des<BR>> > 10 % (LO MAMADOU)<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>> > <BR>> > Message: 1<BR>> > Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 07:26:56 +0100<BR>> > From: Anne-Rachel Inn? <annerachel@gmail.com><BR>> > Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] ICANN Weekly Newsletter<BR>> > To: africann@afrinic.net<BR>> > Message-ID:<BR>> > <bd1bfd501001222226x5d2b7db6xa886ba2491593018@mail.gmail.com><BR>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"<BR>> > <BR>> > ICANN Weekly Newsletter<BR>> > <BR>> > News from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers<BR>> > <BR>> > *http://www.icann.org* *Week ending 22 January 2010 *<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > ------------------------------<BR>> > Announcements This Week<BR>> > <BR>> > *Community Comment Invited on Revised Proposal To Form A New GNSO Consumers<BR>> > Constituency*<http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-22jan10-en.htm><BR>> > The Structural Improvements Committee of the ICANN Board has directed the<BR>> > Staff to post the revised (15 September) version of the proposed Consumers<BR>> > Constituency Charter for community review and comment.<BR>> > 22 January 2010<BR>> > <BR>> > First IDN ccTLDs Requests Successfully Pass String<BR>> > Evaluation<http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-21jan10-en.htm><BR>> > ICANN is pleased to announce the successful completion of the IDN ccTLD Fast<BR>> > Track String Evaluation for four (4) proposed IDN ccTLDs. The requests are<BR>> > associated with: Egypt, the Russian Federation, United Arab Emirates, and<BR>> > Saudi Arabia.<BR>> > 21 January 2010<BR>> > <BR>> > *Discussion Draft: Affirmation Reviews — Extension of Public Comment<BR>> > Period*<http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-21jan10-en.htm><BR>> > As requested by Members of the Community, the public consultation on the<BR>> > discussion draft paper addressing the Affirmation review requirements has<BR>> > been extended from the end of January to the 10th February 2010.<BR>> > 21 January 2010<BR>> > <BR>> > *Special Meeting of the ICANN Board of<BR>> > Directors*<http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-20jan10-en.htm><BR>> > The purpose of the board meeting is to assess plans for the upcoming meeting<BR>> > in Nairobi, and to consider the security concerns raised by community<BR>> > members in light of recent events.<BR>> > 20 January 2010<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > ------------------------------<BR>> > Upcoming Events<BR>> > <BR>> > *[image: 7 - 12 March 2010: 37th International Public ICANN Meeting -<BR>> > Nairobi, Kenya] <http://nbo.icann.org/>7 - 12 March 2010: 37th International<BR>> > Public ICANN Meeting - Nairobi, Kenya <http://nbo.icann.org/>*<BR>> > <BR>> > *20 - 25 June 2010: 38th International Public ICANN Meeting - Brussels,<BR>> > Belgium*<BR>> > About ICANN<BR>> > <BR>> > *ICANN Bylaws <http://www.icann.org/en/general/bylaws.htm>*<BR>> > <BR>> > Our bylaws are very important to us. They capture our mission of security,<BR>> > stability and accessibility, and compel the organization to be open and<BR>> > transparent. Learn more at *www.ICANN.org* <http://www.icann.org/>.<BR>> > <BR>> > *Draft Strategic Plan, 2010 - 2013 <http://www.icann.org/en/planning/>*<BR>> > <BR>> > *Adopted FY10 Operating Plan and<BR>> > Budget<http://www.icann.org/en/financials/budget-opplan.htm><BR>> > *<BR>> > ------------------------------<BR>> > *Sign up for ICANN's Monthly Magazine <http://www.icann.org/en/magazine/>*<BR>> > -------------- next part --------------<BR>> > An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<BR>> > URL: https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/africann/attachments/20100123/9cb85ef9/attachment-0001.htm<BR>> > <BR>> > ------------------------------<BR>> > <BR>> > Message: 2<BR>> > Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:40:22 -0800 (PST)<BR>> > From: "Katim S. Touray" <kaamt@yahoo.com><BR>> > Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] ICANN Remains Committed to Nairobi and<BR>> > Africa<BR>> > To: africann@afrinic.net, aftld-discuss@aftld.org, FOSSFA Council<BR>> > <council@fossfa.net><BR>> > Message-ID: <494504.97228.qm@web65714.mail.ac4.yahoo.com><BR>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<BR>> > <BR>> > Dear all,<BR>> > <BR>> > Following the recent debates about ICANN's upcoming meeting in Nairobi, it will please you to hear that the ICANN Board has decided to proceed with plans to have the meeting there. Read more about the decision on the ICANN blog: http://blog.icann.org/2010/01/icann-remains-committed-to-nairobi-and-africa/<BR>> > <BR>> > Best wishes, and see you all in Nairobi!<BR>> > <BR>> > Katim<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > -------------- next part --------------<BR>> > An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<BR>> > URL: https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/africann/attachments/20100123/f001c814/attachment-0001.htm<BR>> > <BR>> > ------------------------------<BR>> > <BR>> > Message: 3<BR>> > Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:49:10 +0000<BR>> > From: LO MAMADOU <alfamamadou@hotmail.com><BR>> > Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Le nombre d'adresses IPv4 disponibles<BR>> > tombe sous la barre des 10 %<BR>> > To: <africann@afrinic.net><BR>> > Message-ID: <SNT136-w61FD44EF6C78F173F55764BB5F0@phx.gbl><BR>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > Le nombre d'adresses IPv4 disponibles tombe sous la barre des 10 %<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > La<BR>> > NRO vient d'annoncer que le nombre d'adresses IPv4 encore disponibles<BR>> > est tombé sous le seuil des 10 %. L'organisme chargé de distribuer ces<BR>> > adresses tire la sonnette d'alarme.<BR>> > Le Number Resource Organization (NRO)<BR>> > vient d'annoncer que le nombre<BR>> > d'adresses IPv4 non allouées est tombé sous la barre des 10 %. Le NRO,<BR>> > c'est l'organisme officiel qui chapeaute les cinq entités (Regional<BR>> > Internet Registries) chargées de gérer localement la distribution des<BR>> > adresses IP aux FAI et autres opérateurs.<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > D'autre part, on estime que la totalité de ces adresses devrait<BR>> > être allouée dans le courant de l'année 2011. Annoncé de longue date et<BR>> > inéluctable, ce phénomène de saturation a été contourné par divers<BR>> > mécanismes qui commencent aujourd'hui à trouver leurs limites.<BR>> > <BR>> > La NRO exhorte les acteurs à migrer vers IPv6<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > La NRO exhorte les FAI, opérateurs, organismes gouvernementaux,<BR>> > entreprises et utilisateurs à mettre en oeuvre le plus vite possible le<BR>> > protocole IPv6, dont on sait qu'il fournit un espace d'adressage sur<BR>> > 128 bits au lieu de 32 bits, donc virtuellement illimité.<BR>> > <BR>> > Plus précisément, l'organisme donne des recommandations (de bon sens) à chacun des acteurs :<BR>> > <BR>> > - les entreprises doivent supporter IPv6 au niveau de leurs infrastructures et des services qu'ils délivrent.<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > - Les organismes gouvernementaux doivent en faire autant et surtout<BR>> > encourager le déploiement d'IPv6 et l'achat d'équipements et logiciels<BR>> > compatibles.<BR>> > <BR>> > - Les éditeurs et constructeurs doivent évidemment implémenter IPv6 dans leurs produits.<BR>> > <BR>> > - Les utilisateurs doivent exiger le support d'IPv6 de la part de leur FAI ou opérateur.<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > Source : www.itmag.sn<BR>> > <BR>> > > Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:04:11 +0200<BR>> > > From: africann-request@afrinic.net<BR>> > > Subject: AfrICANN Digest, Vol 35, Issue 15<BR>> > > To: africann@afrinic.net<BR>> > > <BR>> > > Send AfrICANN mailing list submissions to<BR>> > > africann@afrinic.net<BR>> > > <BR>> > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<BR>> > > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann<BR>> > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<BR>> > > africann-request@afrinic.net<BR>> > > <BR>> > > You can reach the person managing the list at<BR>> > > africann-owner@afrinic.net<BR>> > > <BR>> > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<BR>> > > than "Re: Contents of AfrICANN digest..."<BR>> > > <BR>> > > <BR>> > > Today's Topics:<BR>> > > <BR>> > > 1. RE: Press Release, Less Than 10% IPv4 of Addresses Remain<BR>> > > Unallocated (nyosef@dotconnectafrica.org)<BR>> > > 2. First IDN ccTLDs Requests Successfully Pass String Evaluation<BR>> > > (Anne-Rachel Inn?)<BR>> > > 3. Discussion Draft: Affirmation Reviews ? Extension of Public<BR>> > > Comment Period (Anne-Rachel Inn?)<BR>> > > 4. RE: China, a Country which has turned into a Rogue State<BR>> > > (nyosef@dotconnectafrica.org)<BR>> > > <BR>> > > <BR>> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>> > > <BR>> > > Message: 1<BR>> > > Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:18:50 -0700<BR>> > > From: nyosef@dotconnectafrica.org<BR>> > > Subject: RE: [AfrICANN-discuss] Press Release, Less Than 10% IPv4 of<BR>> > > Addresses Remain Unallocated<BR>> > > To: africann@afrinic.net<BR>> > > Message-ID:<BR>> > > <20100121061850.c5b927fece9e6cdd41c0a0b68518f8dd.158de8d3f6.wbe@email06.secureserver.net><BR>> > > <BR>> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<BR>> > > <BR>> > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<BR>> > > URL: https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/africann/attachments/20100121/ea5fb252/attachment-0001.htm<BR>> > > <BR>> > > ------------------------------<BR>> > > <BR>> > > Message: 2<BR>> > > Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 06:55:23 +0100<BR>> > > From: Anne-Rachel Inn? <annerachel@gmail.com><BR>> > > Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] First IDN ccTLDs Requests Successfully<BR>> > > Pass String Evaluation<BR>> > > To: africann@afrinic.net<BR>> > > Message-ID:<BR>> > > <bd1bfd501001212155h3e045c31o1cf792f4f6969d6d@mail.gmail.com><BR>> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252<BR>> > > <BR>> > > First IDN ccTLDs Requests Successfully Pass String Evaluation<BR>> > > 21 January 2010<BR>> > > <BR>> > > ICANN is pleased to announce the successful completion of the IDN<BR>> > > ccTLD Fast Track String Evaluation for four (4) proposed IDN ccTLDs.<BR>> > > The requests are associated with: Egypt, the Russian Federation,<BR>> > > United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia. Details of the successful<BR>> > > evaluations are provided here.<BR>> > > The IDN (Internationalised Domain Name) ccTLD Fast Track Process was<BR>> > > approved by the ICANN Board at its annual meeting in Seoul, South<BR>> > > Korea on 30 October 2009. First requests were received starting 16<BR>> > > November 2009. The process enables countries and territories to submit<BR>> > > requests to ICANN for IDN ccTLDs, representing their respective<BR>> > > country or territory names in scripts other than Latin. IDN ccTLD<BR>> > > requesters must fulfil a number of requirements:<BR>> > > • the script used to represent the IDN ccTLDs must be non-Latin;<BR>> > > • the languages used to express the IDN ccTLDs must be official in the<BR>> > > corresponding country or territory; and<BR>> > > • a specific set of technical requirements must be met (as evaluated<BR>> > > by an external DNS Stability Panel comprised of DNS and IDN experts).<BR>> > > The request and evaluation processes entail three steps:<BR>> > > 1. Preparation (by the requester in the country / territory).<BR>> > > Community consensus is built for which IDN ccTLD to apply for, how it<BR>> > > is run, and which organization will be running it, along with<BR>> > > preparing and gathering all the required supporting documentation.<BR>> > > 2. String Evaluation: incoming requests to ICANN in accordance with<BR>> > > the criteria described above: the technical and linguistic<BR>> > > requirements for the IDN ccTLD string(s). Applications are received<BR>> > > through an online system available together with additional material<BR>> > > supporting the process at<BR>> > > http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/<BR>> > > 3. String Delegation: requests successfully meeting string evaluation<BR>> > > criteria are eligible to apply for delegation following the same ICANN<BR>> > > IANA process as is used for ASCII based ccTLDs. String delegation<BR>> > > requests are submitted to IANA root zone management.<BR>> > > At this time ICANN has received a total of 16 requests for and IDN<BR>> > > ccTLD through the String Evaluation process, representing eight<BR>> > > languages. Four of these have now successfully passed through the<BR>> > > String Evaluation and are hence ready for the requesting country or<BR>> > > territory to initiate the application for String Delegation.<BR>> > > ICANN is looking forward to the String Delegation function for these<BR>> > > four requests, as well as finalizing the remaining received requests<BR>> > > in String Evaluation, and receiving additional new requests in the<BR>> > > Fast Track Process. A staff support function is available to help all<BR>> > > countries and territories interested in participating in the Fast<BR>> > > Track Process. Please email idncctldrequests@icann.org for any<BR>> > > inquiries for participation.<BR>> > > Updates about received numbers of applications and the number of<BR>> > > completions will continue to be provided on the Fast Track Process web<BR>> > > page at http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/<BR>> > > Press Release: http://www.icann.org/en/news/releases/release-21jan10-en.pdf<BR>> > > [PDF, 36K]<BR>> > > About ICANN:<BR>> > > To reach another person on the Internet you have to type an address<BR>> > > into your computer — a name or a number. That address has to be unique<BR>> > > so computers know where to find each other. ICANN coordinates these<BR>> > > unique identifiers across the world. Without that coordination we<BR>> > > wouldn't have one global Internet. ICANN was formed in 1998. It is a<BR>> > > not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with participants from all<BR>> > > over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and<BR>> > > interoperable. It promotes competition and develops policy on the<BR>> > > Internet’s unique identifiers. ICANN doesn’t control content on the<BR>> > > Internet. It cannot stop spam and it doesn’t deal with access to the<BR>> > > Internet. But through its coordination role of the Internet’s naming<BR>> > > system, it does have an important impact on the expansion and<BR>> > > evolution of the Internet. For more information please visit:<BR>> > > www.icann.org.<BR>> > > ________________________________________<BR>> > > Sign up for ICANN's Monthly Magazine<BR>> > > <BR>> > > <BR>> > > ------------------------------<BR>> > > <BR>> > > Message: 3<BR>> > > Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:03:36 +0100<BR>> > > From: Anne-Rachel Inn? <annerachel@gmail.com><BR>> > > Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Discussion Draft: Affirmation Reviews ?<BR>> > > Extension of Public Comment Period<BR>> > > To: africann@afrinic.net<BR>> > > Message-ID:<BR>> > > <bd1bfd501001212203t48cc0162le83ae361ca88a713@mail.gmail.com><BR>> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"<BR>> > > <BR>> > > Discussion Draft: Affirmation Reviews — Extension of Public Comment Period<BR>> > > <BR>> > > 21 January 2010<BR>> > > <BR>> > > As requested by Members of the Community, the public<BR>> > > consultation<http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201001.htm#affrev>on<BR>> > > the discussion<BR>> > > draft paper<http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/affirmation/affirmation-reviews-draft-proposal-26dec09-en.pdf>addressing<BR>> > > the Affirmation review requirements has been<BR>> > > *extended* from the end of January *to the 10th February 2010*.<BR>> > > <BR>> > > In consideration of the very tight timeline of the Affirmation review<BR>> > > processes and of the need to provide Selectors with a consolidation of<BR>> > > comments before the establishment of the first Review Team, it would be<BR>> > > impossible to grant further extensions of this public comment period.<BR>> > > ------------------------------<BR>> > > *Sign up for ICANN's Monthly Magazine <http://www.icann.org/magazine/>*<BR>> > > -------------- next part --------------<BR>> > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<BR>> > > URL: https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/africann/attachments/20100122/53043263/attachment-0001.htm<BR>> > > <BR>> > > ------------------------------<BR>> > > <BR>> > > Message: 4<BR>> > > Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:53:46 -0700<BR>> > > From: nyosef@dotconnectafrica.org<BR>> > > Subject: RE: [AfrICANN-discuss] China, a Country which has turned into<BR>> > > a Rogue State<BR>> > > To: africann@afrinic.net<BR>> > > Message-ID:<BR>> > > <20100122035346.c5b927fece9e6cdd41c0a0b68518f8dd.d5c649b158.wbe@email06.secureserver.net><BR>> > > <BR>> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<BR>> > > <BR>> > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<BR>> > > URL: https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/africann/attachments/20100122/bf89a9ff/attachment.htm<BR>> > > <BR>> > > ------------------------------<BR>> > > <BR>> > > _______________________________________________<BR>> > > AfrICANN mailing list<BR>> > > AfrICANN@afrinic.net<BR>> > > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann<BR>> > > <BR>> > > <BR>> > > End of AfrICANN Digest, Vol 35, Issue 15<BR>> > > ****************************************<BR>> > <BR>> > _________________________________________________________________<BR>> > Nouveau ! 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