overview about ".tn" experience

1. ccTLD « .tn »
Operation and Management Policies
MEDNSF 2016,Tunisia

2. Introduction
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 ATI :
 The technical cctld Registry
 The Internet Exchange Point
 The public internet service provider
 Delegation of « .tn » to ATI in 1996
 Delagation of « ‫.تونس‬ » to ATI in 2010

3. .tn structure
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.com.tn
.gov.tn
.nat.tn
.ind.tn
.intl.tn
.org.tn
.tn
.tourism.tn
.info.tn
.net.tn
.fin.tn
.ens.tn
.rnu.tn
.edunet.tn
.rnrt.tn
.agrinet.tn
.TN
Ministèresetprojetsnationaux
Ministères,gouvernorats,municipalitéset
représentationsdiplomatiquesàl’étranger
Sociétés,instituts,officesetagencesnationaux
Organismesrégispardestraitésinternationaux
etreprésentationsdiplomatiquesàl’étranger
ONG,Associations
Sociétéscommerciales
Sociétés/groupesindustriels
Etablissementsfinanciers,bancaireset
compagniesd’assurance
Hôtels,restaurants,agencesdevoyage,tour-
opérateur,agencesdelocationdevoitures….
Sociétés/établissementsdudomainede
l’agriculture
Lycées,collèges,écolesprimaires
Etablissementsprivésdel’enseignementsecondaire
etsupérieur
Universités/Ecolessupérieures
étatiques
Etablissementsdudomainedelarecherche
scientifique
Presseécrite,télévisionetradio
Opérateurs,télécommunication,
réseaux...

4. Registration Process
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5. Administrative & technical reforms
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6. Administrative & technical reforms
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Naming charter
« .tn »
• Removal of the priori
control
• Removal of the list of
banned and reserved
words
• Introduction of the
arbitration for dispute
resolution
Registry – Registrar
agreement
• Approval of the first
Registry – Registrar
agreement
Arbitration guide
• Approval of the first
arbitration guide
Naming Charter
2-letter and character
codes and special characters
at the second level
Registry – Registrars
Agreement
•Reduction of the minimum
capital required for registrars
• Reduction of wholesale and
retail prices
Arbitration guide
Revision of the arbitration
fees

7. Accreditation of Registrars ccTLD
Required conditions
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 Possibility given to any natural and legal person established in Tunisia
according to the Tunisian law and specialized in the registration of Internet
Domain Names
Liability insurance: 75K DT
Minimum capital required
20KDT
Service availability of
99.7% over one month
12 hours as a maximum
total downtime of
services
Sufficient and reasonable
technical skills and means
Perform at least one full
external security audit
per calendar year
Financial
conditions
Technical
aspects
Quality of
service
Security

8. Challenges and opportunities for Registrars
ccTLD
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Opportunities
• Development of a local business
• Reinforcement of the national identity
• Creation of the added value
• Enhance the local commercial
competitivity
Challenges
• Professional services
• Hosting
• Packaged offers (domain name +
service)
• Online sales
• Marketing strategy

9. « .tn » domain names evolution
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0k
5k
10k
15k
20k
25k
30k
35k
55 443 627 825 1169 1682 2093 2541 3093
3679
4404
5233
6636
8438
11447
14639
19178
24622
29058
32273

10. Statistics : «‫.تونس‬ »
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0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
Total
84
47
35
29
22 21
ATI
ELB
LOCALHOST.TN
CNI
La Poste Tunisienne
ATLAX

11. .tn domain names tariffs
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12. Local registrars
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1. ATLAX
2. AXELARIS
3. CNI
4. elb
5. GLOBALNET
6. HEXABYTE
7. I-HOSTERS
8. LOCALHOST.TN
9. Meninx Technologies
10. NOURWEBSERVICE
11. ORANGE
12. OVH Sarl
13. TAC-TIC
14. TANIT WEB
15. TEKNEES
16. TOPNET
17. TUNET
18. VIP DOMAINE
19. WEBHOST
20. LA POSTE

13. Market share
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14. Market share
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Despite of all regulatory framework updates and
adminsitrative & technical reforms we didn’t reach
our objectives (we expected in 2012 to reach 50 000
.tn domain names, today we have 32086 !!)

16. Recommandations
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“SWOT Workshop for National DNS Markets”
Registry-Registrars need to set a clearer strategy and
measurable goals
Liberalizing policies and lowering fees can drive growth but
need branding to support these changes and revitalise cctlds
Registrar relationships are key
Enhancing the Registry role in supporting the local
communities
Registrars should consider promoting domain names
together with add-on products
A sustainable approach to ensure long-term growth is
needed : Should we open to the international registrars?

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For more informations :
www.ati.tn
ww.intt.tn
www.registre.tn

18. Thank you…
Wafa Dahmani Zaafouri
senior Engineer /Head of Internet ressources Department
wafa@ati.tn
MEDNSF 2016