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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link="#1E66AE" vlink="#1E66AE"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Dears,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Kindly be aware and advise your friends and colleagues and your organizations of this development so you will not lose your official names.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>The new "Internationalized Domain Names (IDN)" has been approved by ICANN and is no LIVE. Saudi Arabia was among the 1<sup>st</sup> three Arab countries to get their Top Level Domains approved in Arabic script.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>"<span dir=RTL></span><span lang=AR-SA dir=RTL><span dir=RTL></span>.السعودية</span><span dir=LTR></span><span dir=LTR></span>" will be the new top level domain for Saudi Arabia in Arabic language. This is now compatible with the Internet and is an official standard worldwide.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Saudi NIC will open registrations officially in two phases:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph>1.<span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><b>Sunrise Phase: Starts May 31, 2010 and ends July 12, 2010</b>. In this phase, ONLY organizations with Commercial Registration (CR) or Trademark Registration (TM) will be allowed to apply. The domain names requested MUST match the names registered in the CR or TM. No alterations or abbreviations will be allowed in this phase.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph>2.<span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><b>Landrush Phase: Starts September 12, 2010</b> and will be the open registration phase where abbreviations and alterations will be allowed with reasonable resemblance to the official names.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Sahara Net is pleased to announce our readiness to assist organizations in this process. We have also been approved by CITC and Saudi NIC to process such registrations on behalf of clients and to provide DNS services and Hosting services for them. Examples of such sites which you can try today are: <span lang=AR-SA dir=RTL>صحارى.السعودية </span><span dir=LTR></span><span dir=LTR></span>(this will work if you are a customer of Sahara Net only until 31 of May) or <span lang=AR-SA dir=RTL>سجل.السعودية </span>you can test these in your browsers.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>For more information and to start requesting your Arabic domains, kindly visit our URL: <a href="http://www.sahara.com/arabicdomain">http://www.sahara.com/arabicdomain</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><b>Here is our Press Release:</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:right;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:embed'><b><span lang=AR-SA style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Traditional Arabic","serif"'>صحارى نت: بدء تسجيل النطاقات باللغة العربية (.السعودية)</span></b><span dir=LTR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:embed'><span lang=AR-SA style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Traditional Arabic","serif"'>أعلنت صحارى نت عن بدء إمكانية تسجيل النطاقات باللغة العربية كأول مقدم خدمة استضافة يوفر هذه الخدمة في السعودية وذلك كمواكبة فورية لما أعلنته هيئة الاتصالات وتقنية المعلومات الأسبوع الماضي من <span style='color:#333333'>إطلاق التسجيل الفعلي للنطاقات العربية بالمملكة، حيث تم و بنجاح تسجيل وتفعيل أولى النطاقات العربية تحت النطاق العلوي العربي الخاص بالسعودية (مثل: موقع.السعودية).</span></span><span dir=LTR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:embed'><span lang=AR-SA style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Traditional Arabic","serif";color:#333333'>وقد صرح المهندس قيس العيسى مدير العمليات والخدمات التقنية أن صحارى نت سوف تقوم بتسجيل أسماء النطاقات باللغة العربية مجانًا لكافة الشركات الراغبة في المشاركة في أي من خطط </span><span lang=AR-SA style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Traditional Arabic","serif"'>الاستضافة التي تقدمها صحارى نت والتي تتناسب مع كافة احتياجات الشركات أيًا ما كان حجمها.</span><span lang=AR-SA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:embed'><span lang=AR-SA style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Traditional Arabic","serif"'>وأكد العيسى أن التطوير الذي تم في مركز معلومات صحارى نت ما هو إلا استجابة لازدياد الطلب المحلي والدولي على الاستضافة في مراكز المعلومات السعودية وخاصة بعد القرارات الحكومية التي تحث الهيئات الحكومية والوطنية على نقل استضافتها داخل المملكة لما يزيد ذلك من أمن للمعلومات وسرعة في الأداء.</span><span lang=AR-SA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span dir=LTR></span><span dir=LTR></span> <span lang=AR-SA dir=RTL><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><img border=0 width=750 height=257 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image005.jpg@01CAF72A.AEE46050" alt="http://www.saudinic.net.sa/images/IDN_EN.jpg"><span lang=AR-SA dir=RTL><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><span dir=LTR></span><span dir=LTR></span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>And our advert which went our yesterday and will be more publicized over the next 2 weeks:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><img border=0 width=500 height=1019 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image004.jpg@01CAF72A.495F7440"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="mailto:kais@sahara.com"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=570 height=100 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.gif@01CAF729.2FFC8AC0" alt=kais></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:white'>__,_._,___<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>