African nation shakes up Malaysian website industry with free domains.
Mali,
one of the largest countries in West Africa, has introduced the .ML
domain name registry in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, as a new Malaysian
domain extension. AGETIC, the governmental agency responsible for Mali's
public infrastructure, is using new technologies to offer domain name
registrations to all individuals and businesses in Malaysia at no cost.
"We
have introduced a new .ML domain platform to internet users in Mali two
years ago. With the introduction of free internet domain names and a
modern platform, we instantly became the fastest growing country code
top level domain in Africa.” says Mr. Moussa Dolo, the Managing Director
of AGETIC. "Over the last year we have seen a large increase of
registrations from Malaysian users. We did our research and found out
that the ML extension is popular in Malaysia, as it is an abbreviation
of the country name. That is why we decided to create a special
registration offering for the Malaysian market."
Every
nation in the world receives a two letter abbreviation from the
International Standard Organization (ISO), and in that process the ML
code was associated with Mali. Malaysia's historical MY domain name is
found to be hard to register. Registration is expensive, requires
paperwork and has bureaucratic rules preventing Malaysian individuals
and businesses to register MY domains quickly. With the introduction of
.ML as the free new MaLaysian domain, AGETIC offers a solution that
addresses the demand for domains for the 20 million internet users in
Malaysia.
The
introduction of ML in Malaysia comes directly after the ICANN
conference in Singapore. During this meeting of the international
internet governance body, African participation in the international
internet community was high on the agenda. With the introduction of ML
domains in Malaysia, Mali is the first African country that looks abroad
for domain name distribution.
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