Announcement

Kazakhstan Association of IT companies (.KZ domain administrator) in pursuance of several requests informs that according to new Rules for Registration, Use and Allocation of Domain Space in the Republic of Kazakhstan Segment of the Internet dated as of September 7, 2010 there is a requirement that presupposes all .kz traffic is hosted on equipment located within the Republic of Kazakhstan, which is aimed at stimulation of the development of Kazakhstan Internet-resources.

Meanwhile, in the preparation and discussion of the Rules it was agreed that a principle of non-retrospective law would be observed, which means that all domain names, registered before the enactment of the Rules, would not comply with them.

The Order of the Ministry of Communication and Information of September 7, 2010 clarifies that “domain names registered before the enactment of the present Order are not subject to re-registration and shall operate until the date of expiry”. Unfortunately, KazNIC operators misinterpreted the meaning of expiration date, assuming the procedure of annual fee for prolongation of registration and, respectively, misinformed the registrants in .kz domain zone.

Herewith, the Kazakhstan Association informs the registrants and registrators that the requirement to locate the servers of .kz domain Internet-resources within the country shall not apply to those registered before the enactment of the new Rules. However, the .kz domain administration will always welcome the decision of registrants of .kz zone to host their Internet-resources on servers located within Kazakhstan, which will lead to the development of Kazakhstan segment of Internet.

President of Kazakhstan Association of IT-companies,
Administrator of .KZ domain
N. Issin

Astana,
8 June, 2011