South Sudan secures internet country domain
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August 10, 2011 (JUBA) - South Sudan on Wednesday announced that it
has been assigned ’.ss’ as its internet domain code and ’SSD’ as the
alpha-3 numeric code.
The undersecretary of the ministry of telecommunications and postal
services announced on Wednesday that the code used for internet
domains will bear the suffix ’.ss’. For instance, a web site belonging
to the Presidency of South Sudan will have the address
www.presidency.gov.ss.
The code was assigned by the International Organization for
Standardization (ISO).
“Code is reserved and used by independent or sovereign states. All
independent countries have their own Internet domain codes. For,
instance, the code for the Sudan is ’.sd’; Uganda’s is ’.ug’; while
Kenya’s is ’.ke’”, he explained.
He said that public institutions, businesses, non-profit organizations
and individuals will now be able to register and use appropriate types
of domain names which indicate clearly that they operate from South
Sudan.
He explained that the alpha-3 code ’SSD’, which has also been asigned
to South Sudan, is used to mark and identify passports and national
currency to facilitate international financial transactions.
“The need and issuance of the international code is very important in
many ways. It is use for international police [Interpol], civil
aviation and meteorological functions” said Juma, thanking the
International Organization for Standardization for expediting the
issuance of the codes.
He also revealed that the government has passed a resolution that all
subscribers of telephony services should register their SIM cards.
Compulsory SIM registration has been the subject of controversy in
other countries where telephone networks have allegedly been used for
political gain and to monitor citizens.
Juma said GemTel will soon begin using 097 rather than the current 047
that is being used, as it belongs to Northern Uganda. Khartoum
previously refused to give GemTel a Sudanese network code.
He said that the process of migrating from 249 to 211 is on course. He
announced that the deadline for the changeover is 15 December 2011
when the use of 249 will be terminated. He also reported that work is
ongoing on the country’s international gateway.
He explained that from the 15 December 2011, all network operators
will be required to route their traffic through the gateway at Gumbo
on the outskirts of Juba. He said that engineers from Erickson are
currently working with their counterparts in South Sudan to set up the
gateway.
He informed that South Sudan has applied for other international
standards including the Universal Postal Union (UPU) to enable the
country to receive and send parcels internationally.
(ST)
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