Case Study

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Website:

tci.net.ua/en

Duration:

May 2009 - May 2010

Location:

Ukraine Ukraine, Kyiv

Technologies

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Client

Technical Center of Internet submitted a bid to implement MNP service in Ukrainian Technical Center of Internet, LLC took part in the open tender for the implementation of mobile number portability (MNP) in Ukraine.

Background

In 2009, ICANN announced the procedure of implementing internationalized top-level domains. Ukraine was one of the first countries that submitted its application to gain the Ukrainian IDN ccTLD. Technical Center of Internet was the organization selected by the community to act as a technical administrator of the new ccTLD.

Technical Center of Internet decided to use Integrio as a developer of the domain registry software, and to utilize Integrio’s expertise to prepare complete technical infrastructure for the top level domain, to help to apply to ICANN / IANA for the domain delegation.

Solution

Integrio Systems developed and deployed a sophisticated domain registry software, which fully complies with ICANN / IANA requirements and policies for reliability, high level of distribution, redundancy, scalability and security, support for the standards and protocols. The software and the infrastructure provided by Integrio passed all audits necessary to serve a top-level domain. Integrio supported the entire process of applying for delegation of the domain.

The functionality of the registry includes:

EPP protocol (the API for domain registrars to interoperate with the registry)
WHOIS / RDDS services with RDAP migration support
DNS, that supports all types of resource records
Billing
Reporting
Advanced networking tools, hardware and security protocols

The domain was delegated in 2013 and since that time it has become an important part of global internet infrastructure. Top-level domains are part of global critical infrastructure. Integrio Systems continues to maintain this Registry in order to ensure the smooth operation of Ukrainian top-level domains.

Results

Ukrainian IDN ccTLD “.УКР” was one of the first launched internationalized top-level domains.

It continues to successfully operate, to serve internet users and domain registrars. This experience of launching the domain was used by many countries and registries. Technical Center of Internet continues to use Integrio’s expertise and services to create and implement the most modern world Internet standards and technologies that have the potential to change the future. Between 2012 and 2014, Integrio Systems took part in the development of MNP (Mobile Number Portability) and IMEI codes administration software, which were developed on the basis of the registry, ENUM technologies and digital entities behavior prediction mechanisms.