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Application ID 1-2104-81541
Status Withdrawn
Prioritization Number 553
TLD (#13) UMMAH
IDN Translation (#14b) --
Applicant (#1) Ummah Digital Limited
Website (#5)
Application Type
Type Standard
Contested no
Contested Numbers 1
GAC Early Warning no
Cultural, Linguistic or Religious no
dotBrand yes
Trademark Class A class 45 (legal, social & personal services)
Trademark Class B
Trademark Class C
Industry Keyword religion
Remark Ummah Digital Limited is a startup Gambian company created to apply for the .ummah gTLD and re-position the Islamic world to better participate in and exploit the emerging digital economy, and contribute to the progress of humanity at large. The .ummah gTLD will finally provide Muslims and Islamic organizations a means to translate to the Internet, the Muslim identity that has been used since the birth of Islam about 1,400 years ago.
Availability Data
Sunrise Period: fromunknown tounknown
Landrush Period: fromunknown tounknown
GoLive: unknown
Registration Policy
Restricted yes
Restrictions dotbrand
Backend Provider CoCCA
Registry Website
Keyword
Keyword no
English Meaning --
Appeal Ranking 0
Appeal Remark Reserved for company and affiliate use only.
English not applicable
Spanish not applicable
Portuguese not applicable
French not applicable
Italian not applicable
German not applicable
Dutch not applicable
Swedish not applicable
Danish not applicable
Mandarin not applicable
Russian not applicable
Location
Region Africa
Country Gambia
Community (#19) --
Geographic (#21a) --
Geographic Category --
IDN
IDN (#14) No
A-label (#14a) --
Translation (#14b) --
Script Code (#14d) --
Allows ASCII yes
Applicant
Applicant (#1) Ummah Digital Limited
Website (#5)
Applicant Address (#2) Kairaba Ave. (Next to QuantumNet building)
Serrekunda KSMD KSMD
Gambia [GM]
Applicant Phone (#3) +220 995 2942
Applicant Fax (#4) +220 995 2942
Legal Form (#8) Limited Liability Company
Exchange Symbol (#9a)
Parent Company (#9b) Not Applicable
Joint Venture Partners (#9c) Not Applicable
Primary Contact
Name (#6) Mr. Katim Seringe Touray
Title (#6) CEO
e-mail (#6) kstouray@gmail.com
Secondary Contact
Name (#7) Mr. Salieu Taal
Title (#7) Lawyer
e-mail (#7) salieu.taal@gmail.com
Mission / Purpose (#18a)
A .ummah gTLD will help ICANN meets its important AoC commitment to ensure that the expansion of gTLDs has brings about competition, consumer trust and choice, as well will help mitigate risks involved in the program. In the first place, .ummah will provide the estimated 1.6 billion Muslims who form 20 percent of the world’s population with an identity hitherto unavailable on the Internet. The .ummah gTLD will finally provide Muslims and Islamic organizations a means to translate to the Internet, the Muslim identity that has been used since the birth of Islam about 1,400 years ago. Beyond that, .ummah will also provide a much-needed choice that will help them build their sense of community, and build bridges between the Islamic and non-Islamic world. Internet users will thus be able to find Islamic organizations, institutions, government agencies, businesses much easier with .ummah than without it. In the same vein, non-Islamic entities will find .ummah domain names an effective route to reaching their target audiences in the Islamic world.

The introduction of the .ummah gTLD will also introduce another important aspect of trust, and key AoC commitment in the new gTLD program, and that is the need for ICANN to reach out to developing countries. With only 49.4 million or less than 1 percent of the estimated 1.6 billion Muslims in the world are found in Europe and the Americas, with the rest being in many developing countries in Africa, Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East (http:⁄⁄pewforum.org⁄uploadedFiles⁄Topics⁄Religious_Affiliation⁄Muslim⁄FutureGlobalMuslimPopulation-WebPDF-Feb10.pdf). As such, a .ummah gTLD that will serve Muslims and Islamic organizations will certainly help increase ICANN’s profile in these countries, increase their trust in the organization, and help strengthen relations between ICANN and these countries.

Why Ummah Digital?
Ummah Digital Limited is a startup Gambian company created to apply for the .ummah gTLD and re-position the Islamic world to better participate in and exploit the emerging digital economy, and contribute to the progress of humanity at large. The company was co-founded by Dr. Katim S. Touray, an international development consultant and former ICANN Board member, along with investors from Singapore, and The Gambia.

Ummah Digital was co-founded by Dr. Touray the basis of experience he gained while on the ICANN board, and learning of the need for, and difficulties to get greater participation of developing countries in the Internet economy, and specifically the domain names industry. For this reason, Ummah Digital was incorporated in The Gambia, Dr. Touray’s home-country, and an African developing country with a majority-Muslim population that exists harmoniously with their non-Islamic fellow citizens. The country is also a member of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and classified by the UN (http:⁄⁄www.itu.int⁄ITU-D⁄ldc⁄who.htm) as a Least Developing Country (LDC).

The Gambia thus provides a model in building bridges between the Islamic and non-Islamic worlds, as the .ummah gTLD is aimed at being. In the same vein, the country is a developing country with significant technological and infrastructure challenges, and hence, devoid of a company that is a player in the domain names industry. Against, this background, Ummah Digital aims to become one of the first African companies to become a registry operator, through a partnership with investors from Singapore. This approach is especially welcome in the context of a new thinking in international development cooperation based on South-South partnership. For this reason, Ummah Digital is a model of partnership between emerging and developing economies. Although based in The Gambia, Ummah Digital will seek additional investors and partners from other countries, especially Islamic countries to provide better services to the global Islamic world.

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