The .ZA Domain Name Authority (Zadna), which regulates the Internet domain-name space in South Africa, including the popular .za country code top-level domain, said on Thursday that it has short-listed five bidders to provide registry services for .co.za, .net.za and org.za second-level domains.
The short-listed bidders are:
- ZA Registry consortium (ZARC)
- Lexreg and Fevertree Consulting consortium (FTC)
- GoDaddy Registry
- The Bean App & GMO Internet Group
- Catalytic Peter Capital consortium
“In the past six months, Zadna has been engaged in a procurement process of identifying a service provider to be contracted to provide registry services for co.za, web.za, net.za and org.za second-level domains,” the regulator said in a statement. “Zadna has finalised the evaluation process, which was a critical component of identifying a capable service provider.”
“We are confident that we will find a capable registry operator among the service providers that responded,” said Zadna CEO Molehe Wesi. — (c) 2022 NewsCentral Media