Somalian Government Wants .so TLD Back
November 7, 1 Comment - Author: Simon Johnson
Its been reported that the government of Somalia has applied to IANA requesting the control of the .so TLD. The current delegation of .so is listed in the USA under:
World Class Domains
c/o Monolith Innovation Group
Box 8159
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15217
United States
Apparently .so isn’t operational, so its expected that “World Class Domains” will have to hand it back or somehow prove that the government of Somalia gave them permission to run it.
Jim Reid, founder of RTFM told Network World that “The process could take days, weeks or months; it depends on the workload of IANA staff. It is unlikely that IANA will ignore a request from a sovereign government.”
Given the public telecommunications system was almost completely destroyed or dismantled during the civil war and that there is no Internet Society, its going to be interesting to see how this is managed. My guess is someone is going through a list of 3rd world countries saying, “Hey, there is this thing called the Internets – its like a series of tubes“. Lets hope Somalia doesn’t go the same way as our friends in Nigeria.
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