auDA releases Request for Tenders for
Provision of Registry Services


Melbourne 22 October 2001 - auDA today released its Request for Tenders for
Provision of Domain Name Services (RFT) for the following .au second level
domains;

* com.au
* net.au
* asn.au
* org.au
* id.au
* gov.au
* edu.au

The closing time for tenders is 2.00 pm on Monday 12th November 2001. See
http://www.auda.org.au/rft for more information.

This RFT is the result of the June 2001 Report of auDA's Competition Model
Advisory Panel which recommended that the provision of registry services
should be put out to open competitive tender to allow access to world-class
expertise to achieve the best possible service delivery.

auDA CEO, Chris Disspain, said, "This is the first step in the formal
process of introducing competition into the .au Domain space and will
benefit consumers and industry alike ensuring a better quality of service at
a lower price."

Registry Tenders will be evaluated by an independent evaluation committee
and auDA expects to announce the outcomes in late November.

auDA will shortly issue a Request for Expressions of Interest for Registrars
to participate in the test bed process to commence once the Registry tenders
have been awarded.

-ENDS-

For media contact

Chris Disspain
Chief Executive Officer
auDA
tel: 03 9226 9495
email: ceo§auda.org.au
www.auda.org.au



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