MSN Arabia enables Arabic domain name registration

Through this partnership, MSN Arabia and NativeNames.net seek to bridge the gap that has hindered Internet access for non-native English speakers of the world by providing full Arabic and multilingual domain name registration capabilities, allowing MSN Arabia users the ability to register domains, as well as enabling people all around the globe to fully utilize the Internet in their native languages.

Microsoft and Egypt's Internet powerhouse, LINKdotNET, jointly launched MSN Arabia during Gitex 2001 bringing a great deal of value to the Arab user through a variety of content channels and web services. MSN Arabia stands as a leading portal in the region catering to over two million users.

"As the internet usage soars in the Arab world, people in this region need to have the most useful Internet resources at their fingertips," said Khaled Bichara, president and CEO of LinkdotNet. "MSN Arabia's huge exposure, and broad customer base along with NativeNames.net server based multilingual domain name registration solution will definitely help in the direction of the standardization process. MSN Arabia is committed through its partnership with content and technology partners to empower the Arab Internet users with the best quality the Internet can offer in both content and web based services".

Native Names.net is an end-to-end multilingual Internet naming solutions provider that aims at standardizing the multilingual operations in general and to address all issues revolving around the Arabic language. NativeNames.Net has developed the first truly working server-based multilingual domain name registration technology that works on the core DNS. The technology that NativeNames.Net has adopted, enables its solutions to co-exists with the current system without having any disruption and offers superior quality to its limited competition.

"By this strategic partnership with MSN Arabia, Nativenames.net aims at combing the efforts and resources of both leading entities to install a landmark in the history of Internet in the region" said Dr. Ayman Kandeel, co founder and VP for Corporate Strategy and Business Development. "So far we have served the majority of the Arabic Internet users through a network of professional partners and alliances and we believe that this partnership with MSN Arabia will be a milestone in pursuing our goal to make the Internet in Arabic a reality".

NativeNames.net works closely with a number Internet standardization bodies to implement a global adoption of a robust multilingual domain name. Earlier in 2002, NativeNames.Net co-founded ANIC (Arabic Internet Name Consortium) in an effort to standardize operations that would provide an all inclusive transition approach for issues revolving around Arabic in particular.

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