Arabic Internet Addresses, Now Legalized
After a period of preparation and testing for six months, Internet addresses using the Arabic alphabet used finally official. Internet Corporation for Assignment Names and Numbers, or ICANN, a nonprofit organization that regulates Web pengalamat, endorsed the three-domain addresses in Arabic, one each for Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates.
"Middle East have an average Internet penetration is only 20 percent and is still potential for growth. The users in the region is now easier to access the internet because it can use its own language to the entire domain name," ICANN said in a statement on its website on Wednesday (5 / 5 / 2010).
Arabic alphabet is the first non-Latin letters that could be used for web addresses. Use non-Latin letters for web addresses are authorized by the ICANN board meeting in October 30, 2009 in Seoul, South Korea.
Since then, ICANN recorded 21 requests domain names with non-Latin letters which consists of 11 different languages, from the letter of China, Japan, Thailand, Israel, Russia, and so forth. Nevertheless, only 13 requests that pass the verification before the legal as the next stage of Arabic letters.
"Middle East have an average Internet penetration is only 20 percent and is still potential for growth. The users in the region is now easier to access the internet because it can use its own language to the entire domain name," ICANN said in a statement on its website on Wednesday (5 / 5 / 2010).
Arabic alphabet is the first non-Latin letters that could be used for web addresses. Use non-Latin letters for web addresses are authorized by the ICANN board meeting in October 30, 2009 in Seoul, South Korea.
Since then, ICANN recorded 21 requests domain names with non-Latin letters which consists of 11 different languages, from the letter of China, Japan, Thailand, Israel, Russia, and so forth. Nevertheless, only 13 requests that pass the verification before the legal as the next stage of Arabic letters.
Source : Kompas.com
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