By virtue of Section 79 of the Electronic and Postal Communications Act [Cap. 172 R.E. 2017] the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) has the obligation to oversee the management and administration of .tz ccTLD resource in the United Republic of Tanzania.
Regulation 3(1) of the Electronic and Postal Communications (Domain Names Management) Regulations, 2020 requires that company, Government, Non-Governmental Organizations, society, partnership or community registered and conducting business in Tanzania which requires domain name to register and use domain names with dot tz (.tz) country code.
Regulation 3(2) of the Regulations, requires that the registered domain name to be used for all official electronic mail correspondences unless proven that it is technically not possible.
TCRA hereby reminds the general public and all business entities registered and doing business in the country to comply with the above requirement of the law by registering and using the dot tz (.tz) country code.
Any person with a domain name which does not comply with the Regulation cited above commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine of not less than five million shillings or to imprisonment for a term of not less than twelve months or to both.
Registration of the dot tz (.tz) country code may be done by visiting https://karibu.tz and for more information regarding the registration of .tz domain names and other related issues, kindly contact TCRA at:-
Director General,
Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority, Mawasiliano Towers,
20 Sam Nujoma Road,
P.O. Box 474,
14414 DAR ES SALAAM.
Tel: 0800008272
Email: [email protected] Cc: [email protected]
Issued by:
Director General
Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority
