The Telecommunication Regulation Authority (TRA) told Emirates Business it had witnessed growth this year mainly because of the new policy framework and a non monopolistic environment among registrars.
“In the period [August 2008 to August 2009], the number of new registrations increased by 30% compared to the corresponding period the year before. There are more registrars [no monopoly] providing .ae domain name registration. Customers have the choice to select their registrar as competition leads to better service. The registration process brought online has also made it easier,” said TRA.
In fact, during the second quarter in 2009, country code TLDs (ccTLDs) globally rose by 14% year over year to 74.4 million domain names.
This represents an increase of 1% from the first quarter, according to the Q2 2009 Domain Name Industry Brief published by VeriSign, the provider of internet infrastructure services.
Kamal Nasser, CEO of Conservus International, based in Dubai, said: “It’s the only way forward. However, unfortunately e commerce sites are practically non existent in the region although statistics show more than $1 billion was spent on e commerce in Saudi Arabia through purchase of goods from American and European sites.”
“Companies in the UAE must register considering it part of their identity,” said Nasser.
