Open Letter to US Department of Commerce
National Telecommunication Information Administration (NTIA)
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20 January 2010: DotConnectAfrica has sent an open letter to the NTIA making a preliminary case for the .africa gTLD
"DCA wants to appraise NTIA of our view that the current process developed by ICANN for new gTLDs is fair and transparent and that due consideration has been given for the protection of trademark interests. We believe further delay of the new gTLD process will directly /or indirectly have a damaging effect on the benefits from Internet-based business and economic activities in the continent and the communities involved" DCA said in its letter to NTIA.
The letter to Washington included the recent public statement made by DCA to the ICANN public forum in Cartegena Colombia. ICANN Statement: http://prlog.org/11150099
DCA has also spent much of its activities in the month of September 2010 lobbying in Washington for the same. DCA Goes to Washington: http://prlog.org/10971626
Dept Of Commerce, Original letter A Preliminary Case for .Africa gTLD - Open Letter to NTIA, US Department of Commerce by DoConnectAfrica
Full Press release: http://prlog.org/11222383
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. BizCommunity covers DCA's "yes2dotafrica" campaign: "Dot Africa campaign to brand continent" https://www.bizcommunity.co.za/Article/414/16/52038.html
. Radio Netherlands Worldwide: A Dotafrica Generation soon to be born: http://www.rnw.nl/africa/article/a-dotafrica-generation-soon-be-born
. Sophia Bekele noted by The Economist, Sept 15, 2010, as "leading the dotafrica initiative": Can "Africa" get a make-over? http://www.economist.com/blogs/baobab/2010/09/rebranding_africa
. DCA is endorsed by African Union (AU) & the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) |
About DotConnectAfrica:
DCA is a not-for-profit, non-partisan org incorporated in Mauritius Africa & will sponsor, establish & operate a TLD registry with global recognition & regional significance dedicated to the needs of Pan-African &African community. DCA Reg.ID.CT8710DCA90 |
