Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society

Tag: ccTLD

  • Trinidad and Tobago Government to run .tt?

    The Ministry of Public Administration (MPA) has advertised in the daily newspapers for positions in the Trinidad and Tobago Network Registry Centre (TTNRC).

    Ministry of Public Administration ad for IT positions in the Trinidad and Tobago Network Registry Centre
    Ministry of Public Administration ad for IT positions in the Trinidad and Tobago Network Registry Centre

    What is the TTNRC? From the ad :

    “The Trinidad & Tobago Network Registry Centre (TTNRC) is being established with primary responsibility for the administration of the Trinidad & Tobago Country Code Top Level Domain (.tt CCTLD) Registry. The TTNRC’s funclions include the development, operation and maintenance of a National Domain Name System (DNS) infrastructure, including related technologies, policies and best practices, facilitating the expansion of online communication and information exchange and ultimately creating new channels for commerce. The TTNRC will be a functional department of the National ICT Centre within the Ministry of Public Administration.

    The ad then lists three positions available (links take you to the Trinidad and Tobago Government Human Resource website)  :

    The deadline date for applications is given as November 17th, 2008.

    The implication from the notice implies that the Government of Trinidad and Tobago via TTNRC will (or wants to) administer and run the .tt ccTLD currently run by the Trinidad and Tobago Network Information Centre (TTNIC).

    For more background behind the running of .tt, read the Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society’s “Interview with the TTNIC administrator“

  • Redelegation of ccTLD for .BB ( Barbados) to Barbados Government

    From http://www.icann.org/minutes/prelim-report-20nov07.htm :

    Redelegation of ccTLD for .BB ( Barbados)

    Kim Davies advised by way of background for new Board members that the board is regularly asked to approve redelegations of ccTLDs and in more recent times there has been at least one per Board meeting for consideration. IANA Staff prepares a report that provides a recommendation to the Board. The report is considered confidential but
    on approval by the Board a version of the report is made public on the website. Some portions of the analysis of the request for redelegation are not made public.

    The redelegation application for .BB ( Barbados) meets all of the necessary criteria. The current operator supports the transfer as does the Government, who is the proposed operator. There is limited support from the local Internet community; however, Staff have visited Barbados and discussed matters locally. Staff also met with the proposed operators at ICANN’s San Juan meeting. Currently the nameservers do not meet the technical test; however, these will be made more robust, and Staff recommends the redelegation be approved.

    IANA will review nameservers performance to ensure compliance if the Board approves the request.

    Steve Goldstein moved, and Demi Getschko seconded the following resolution:

    Whereas, the .BB top-level domain is the designated country-code for Barbados.

    Whereas, ICANN has received a request for redelegation of .BB to the Government of Barbados Ministry of Economic Affairs and Development’s Telecommunications Unit.

    Whereas, ICANN has reviewed the request, and has determined that the proposed redelegation would be in the best interest of the local and global Internet communities.

    It is hereby resolved (___), that the proposed redelegation of the .BB domain to the Government of Barbados Ministry of Economic Affairs and Development’s Telecommunications Unit is approved.

    A voice vote was taken of all Board Members present and all Board Members present approved the motion unanimously by a vote of 13 to 0.