WALID, Inc. to Enable Resolution of Russian Language Domain Names for .ru.Business Editors & High Tech Writers ANN ARBOR Ann Arbor, city (1990 pop. 109,592), seat of Washtenaw co., S Mich., on the Huron River; inc. 1851. It is a research and educational center, with a large number of government and industrial research and development firms, many in high-technology fields such as , Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 2001 WALID, Inc. signed an agreement today with the Russian Institute for Public Networks (RIPN RIPN Russian Institute for Public Networks ) - the registry for .ru domain names. Under the agreement, WALID, Inc. will provide RIPN with the technology needed to allow the use of Cyrillic character domain names registered under the .ru registry. For the first time, Russian users will be able to register domain names in their native language in their country's registry. WALID WorldConnect(TM) software will be made available free of charge by RIPN to Internet users to enable resolution of Cyrillic domain names. This marks a giant step in Russia for making the Internet accessible to all users without regard to language. WALID WorldConnect is also offered as a key enabler in the VeriSign Internationalized Domain Name An internationalized domain name (IDN) is an Internet domain name that (potentially) contains non-ASCII characters. Such domain names could contain letters with diacritics, as required by many European languages, or characters from non-Latin scripts such as Arabic or Testbed. "It is important to see major world registries such as .ru adopt our technology," said Cruse W. Moss, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of WALID, Inc. "Our technology was carefully evaluated by .ru to be consistent with their registry system. We believe that the anticipated deployment of the WALID technology by global registries will bring significant benefits to Internet users worldwide." "We observe very high demand from the Russian Internet community for multilingual domains and enabling software. WALID WorldConnect resolution software is an elegant solution for Cyrillic domain names not only for .ru but also for .com, .net, .org. and meets all of our specifications." said Dr. Alexei P. Platonov, Director of RIPN. RIPN will start accepting registrations for Cyrillic .ru domain names by this summer. As part of the agreement, WALID, Inc. will become an authorized reseller outside of the Russian Federation Russian Federation: see Russia. for .ru domain names. The addition of this registry expands WALID's growing list of domain name services. WALID already registers multilingual .com, .net and .org names in several languages. About WALID, Inc.: WALID, Inc., a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan  “Ann Arbor” redirects here. For other uses, see Ann Arbor (disambiguation). Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. , provides a complete patented solution for registering and resolving multilingual Internet domain names. Through the registration and resolution of non-English domain names, WALID's WorldClass Solutions, including WorldConnect(TM), enables businesses, organizations, and individuals to establish a unique Internet presence to conduct global commerce and communicate in any language. WALID, Inc., State Technology Park, 2245 S. State St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104, USA http://www.walid.com About RIPN: Russian Institute for Public Networks is a Nonprofit Organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. founded in 1992. Its founders are Russian Ministry for Higher Education, Russian Ministry for Industry, Science, and Technology and Russian Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute". RIPN executes technical support of Russian Backbone Network for R&E organisations (RBNet), North Moscow Backbone Network, coordinates Moscow Internet eXchange The Moscow Internet Exchange (MSK-IX) is an Internet Exchange Point in Moscow, Russia. MSK-IX is a neutral and independent entity, originally established in 1995 with a single location inside of the Moscow International Telephone Exchange (MSK-IX), participates in Russian-American project MIRNet. Administration of .ru/.su network information centers was delegated to RIPN since 1993. 123182, Russia, Moscow, Kurchatov square, 1 (ROSNIIROS) http://www.ripn.net |
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