Egypt launches Arabic web domain

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Egypt has 15 million internet users Egypt will open the world's first Arabic language internet domain, its communications minister has said. Tarek Kamel said the new domain... More »
BBC - Nov. 15, 2009
Egypt Applies First for International Web Domain
The agency in charge of assigning domain names today began accepting applications for , and Egypt -- a country now drawing heated criticism from human rights advocates --... More »
NetworkWorld - Nov. 16, 2009
Egypt Applies for First Arabic Web Site Name
Egypt's technology minister says the country has applied to register an all-Arabic domain name. More »
FOXNews.com - Nov. 16, 2009
Net gets set for language changes
"The IDN [International Domain Names] program will encompass close to one hundred thousand characters, opening up the internet to billions of potential users around the... More »
BBC - Nov. 16, 2009
Egypt launches Arabic web domain
Mr Kamel, who was speaking at the start of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) being held in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, said a formal announcement would be made... More »
BBC - Nov. 15, 2009
Internet inches closer to 'internationalisation'
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AFP) - The first applications were accepted on Monday for internationalised domain names (IDNs), in one of the most significant steps to making the... More »
AFP via Yahoo! - Nov. 16, 2009
Global Internet Leaders Welcome Internationalization of...
Wide Praise Surrounds ICANN's Early Adoption of Internationalized Domain Names During Egypt Meeting SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt--(Business Wire)-- Egypt today announced that it is... More »
Reuters - Nov. 16, 2009
Domain name in Arabic a web first
SHARM EL-SHEIK - Egypt will apply for the first internet domain written in Arabic, its information technology minister said yesterday. Tarek Kamel said Egypt would apply for... More »
New Zealand Herald - Nov. 16, 2009
Egypt Applies First for International Web Domain
The agency in charge of assigning domain names today began accepting applications for domain names written in non-Latin languages , and Egypt -- a country now drawing heated... More »
Industry Standard - Nov. 16, 2009
Global Internet Leaders Welcome Internationalization of...
SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt - (Business Wire) Egypt today announced that it is applying to use Arabic characters for the first time ever, in its entire Internet domain name.... More »
Earthtimes.org - Nov. 16, 2009
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