2. Outline of Presentation  Institutional Arrangements  NTA Internet Services  Policy & regulation  Current status of.mh  Future Plans  Questions & answers

3. Institutional Arrangements Institutional Arrangements  Internet Service Provider  Marshall Islands National Telecommunications Authority (MINTA)  Policy & Regulatory  Ministry of Transportation & Communications  Designation responsibility with Cabinet

4. Internet Service Provision Internet Service Provision  NTA Network  Sole provider  Currently NTA has a total of 3Mbps downlink and 2Mbps uplink to the Internet  Current dialup customer base is around 1200 with roughly 30 broadband links to corporate and government offices.  Software & Hardware  Mail servers running on Solaris 10  Cisco routers, switches, and access servers running on network core.

5. Policy & Regulation Policy & Regulation  Cabinet Policy making responsibilityPolicy making responsibility DesignationDesignation  Ministry of Transportation and Communications Limited to radio communicationsLimited to radio communications  Designated an external entity to provide registration and administration of.mh  Re-designation decision taken to.mh to local entity  Status of.mh

6. Future Plans Future Plans  Infrastructure development Backbone – high capacity fiber systems and digitization coaxial systemsBackbone – high capacity fiber systems and digitization coaxial systems Customer access network -Wifi hot spot deployment throughout the islandCustomer access network -Wifi hot spot deployment throughout the island  Ministry to be accorded full policy responsibility including domain administration and registration  National Telecommunications Policy  New legislation to be promulgated later this year