User:Nameaction/BlogEntry: 2008 August 05 19:48:19 CDT

New Regulations approved for Colombia

Today the Ministry of Communications of Colombia has informed that with date July 30th, the definite regulations which will norm the functioning of the domain in Colombia were approved.

Through the approval of these regulations it is confirmed that accents, Ñ will be allow and also it is open the possibility of IDNs of other idioms which will have to be define by the new management of domains .CO.

It is also confirm that they will use the UDRP system as Resolution mechanism for conflicts and that the domains will have a validity of 1 to 5 years.

They indicate that the cost for each domain will be regulated by the market’s dynamic, it is still not known what this affirmation means but it hopefully will not exceed the average price of domains in Latin America.

One of the most interesting things is that it established that “the registration of domains .CO, .COM.CO, .NET.CO, NOM.CO will not have specific criteria other than the syntax”.

The before mention can be interpreted as a liberation of the present strict rules that govern the functioning of the Colombian domains, therefore in the future one should be able to register without local presence, without needing a Trademark or sending documents to prove the company’s existence.

For the time being, one will have to wait for the new management of domains in Colombia in order for the new Regulations to be effective, while this happens, the current requirements are still valid to register domains in Colombia.

The complete document can be found:

http://www.mincomunicaciones.gov.co/mincom/src/user_docs/Noticias/res0284de2008.pdf

Juan Enrique Sánchez S. President NameAction jesanchez@ nameaction.com www .nameaction.com Domains Latin America