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NiRA registers 30,000 .ng domain names
THE list of registered number of Nigeria’s country code Top Domain Name,.ng, which is used as a national’ identification on the world Web has hit 30, 000, as the cost of purchasing a domain name has been slashed from N500,000 to just N15,000 to encourage more Nigerians in adopting the move.
The Chief Operating Officer of the Nigerian Internet Registration Association (NiRA), Mr. Ope Odusan, disclosed this at the fifth yearly general meeting of the association held in Lagos recently.
NiRA is the body saddled with the responsibility of the administration and promotion of the country’s ccTLD .ng.
Odusan, noted that the total registered .ng domain names which stood at around 9, 000 as at 2011 has since increased by additional 21, 000 to reach the current figures. He, however, explained that the figure should have increased beyond 30, 000 had Nigerian businesses and individuals taken the uptake of the country’s domains names seriously.
According to him, “It’s ironical that the foreigners who many often say are not always ready to do business with any business with .ng domain have constitute the largest owners of the .ng domain names.”
He stressed that this is contrary to the perception of many Nigerians, who often give excuses that the image problem of Nigeria also affect the predispositions of foreign businesses in not wanting to do business with any Nigerian business with .ng.
However, recognizing that the high cost of owning the domain names also contributed to its slow uptake locally, Odusan said, in a bid to increase the usage of .ng, NiRA has crashed the cost from about N500, 000 to a paltry N15,000.
He noted that within one week of reducing the cost, NiRA recorded additional 300 domain names but lamented that most of the companies that purchased the domain names were foreign businesses.
He therefore called on Nigerian businesses to take the huge economic advantage offered by .ng in terms of faster internet location, reduced cost, creation of more jobs and the security of their digital contents, by hosting their websites in-country instead of hosting them abroad, where their sensitive data could be compromised. He also explained that NiRA was already working with the Ministry of Communication Technology, the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, and other necessary stakeholders to work on policy that can encourage the use of .ng domain names as far as Nigeria is concerned.
From http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/inde...g-domain-names-&catid=55:compulife&Itemid=391
---------- Post added at 10:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:13 PM ----------
N15,000 is approx $95USD
THE list of registered number of Nigeria’s country code Top Domain Name,.ng, which is used as a national’ identification on the world Web has hit 30, 000, as the cost of purchasing a domain name has been slashed from N500,000 to just N15,000 to encourage more Nigerians in adopting the move.
The Chief Operating Officer of the Nigerian Internet Registration Association (NiRA), Mr. Ope Odusan, disclosed this at the fifth yearly general meeting of the association held in Lagos recently.
NiRA is the body saddled with the responsibility of the administration and promotion of the country’s ccTLD .ng.
Odusan, noted that the total registered .ng domain names which stood at around 9, 000 as at 2011 has since increased by additional 21, 000 to reach the current figures. He, however, explained that the figure should have increased beyond 30, 000 had Nigerian businesses and individuals taken the uptake of the country’s domains names seriously.
According to him, “It’s ironical that the foreigners who many often say are not always ready to do business with any business with .ng domain have constitute the largest owners of the .ng domain names.”
He stressed that this is contrary to the perception of many Nigerians, who often give excuses that the image problem of Nigeria also affect the predispositions of foreign businesses in not wanting to do business with any Nigerian business with .ng.
However, recognizing that the high cost of owning the domain names also contributed to its slow uptake locally, Odusan said, in a bid to increase the usage of .ng, NiRA has crashed the cost from about N500, 000 to a paltry N15,000.
He noted that within one week of reducing the cost, NiRA recorded additional 300 domain names but lamented that most of the companies that purchased the domain names were foreign businesses.
He therefore called on Nigerian businesses to take the huge economic advantage offered by .ng in terms of faster internet location, reduced cost, creation of more jobs and the security of their digital contents, by hosting their websites in-country instead of hosting them abroad, where their sensitive data could be compromised. He also explained that NiRA was already working with the Ministry of Communication Technology, the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, and other necessary stakeholders to work on policy that can encourage the use of .ng domain names as far as Nigeria is concerned.
From http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/inde...g-domain-names-&catid=55:compulife&Itemid=391
---------- Post added at 10:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:13 PM ----------
N15,000 is approx $95USD
