Somalia's Domain launched

[Executive]

As of yesterday .so domains are available. http://www.123-reg.co.uk/domain-names/s ... ames.shtml

Loads of domains registered already, somalinet, Hiiraan, all the Hawalads, and so on

[Kanada]

is it true a japanese company controls it?

[ciyaal_warta]

i am gona buy one soon inshallah
coz am about to finish designing a site for hiiraan youth

[Executive]

is it true a japanese company controls it?

Apparently not
Somalia denies selling Internet domain to Japanese firm
Issue no 540 4th February 2011

After public outrage over the sell of Somalia’s domain to a Japanese firm by Somali officials, the Ministry of Information denied recent reports saying that a Japanese company has purchased the Internet domain of Somalia.

Speaking at a recent news conference he held in Mogadishu, the minister of information, posts and telecommunication, Abdikarin Hassan Jama, denied that the Internet domain of Somalia had been sold to a Japanese company. Saying those reports to that effect were baseless. “That’s not true and we as Somali government cannot allow such grubby deals” he said.

Similarly, the Director General of the Ministry of Information, Posts and Telecommunication, Eng Ahmad Mohammad Adan, who spoke on the occasion, said that the previous government had signed a contract with a Japanese company which, he said, maintains the Somali Internet. However, he said there are people being trained for the TFG government of Somalia and their training was going on in Nairobi, Kenya.

However, there have been allegations in recent times that the Internet domain of Somalia had been selling to a Japanese company although the minister strongly denied it.
Source: Suna Times