The current membership is mainly made up of Internet Service Providers Association (TISPA) and the Communication Regulatory (TCRA). These are the founding members.

• ccTLD stands for country-code Top Level Domain (.tz, .uk, .ke)
• Provides a unique Internet identity related to countries just like telephone country code (+255, +44, +254) 
• Is a country’s national internet resource
• It is a critical part of the internet structure (Domain name system) 
• They differ with generic TLDs (.com, .org, .biz) as they refer to specific, unique country (Unique identification)
• They have more credibility as a result of country uniqueness (Comparatively- Juma = .com; Mabula = .tz)

A registry serves as the authoritative repository for all information REQUIRED to resolve domain names registered in the registry's top-level domain (TLD), or second-level domains (SLDs) if the reserved SLD mode is used (e.g., co.tz, ac.tz). The registry also maintains additional information such as the administration and technical contacts for the domain name, the billing contact, and the registrar who registered the domain name.

A registrar provides services to the registrant (the person who registered a domain name) and provides the information to the registry. The registrar provides domain information (servers and contact and billing information) to the registry. The registrar MAY also provide additional value-added services to the registrant such as email, web hosting, etc. The registrant is the individual end-user who is requesting the domain name.

Normally, the registry and registrar organizations are separate. There is one registry which SHOULD be administered as a national trust because it is a natural monopoly by definition, and multiple registrars provide competition in registering names with the registry.

A country MAY begin registry services by also acting as the sole, initial registrar. These functions MAY be kept separate and the registrar MAY eventually be transitioned away from the registry as one of many registrars. However, combining the functions MAY also provide a simple, more efficient, organization with less overhead. Note, however, that this would now be a monopoly on two levels and separation later may be problematic.

This refers to an entity or individual end-user who registers a domain name.

Domain Name Service (DNS) is a hierarchical global distributed database that serves the communications through internet by translating the user friendly names (domain names) into numeric codes (IP addresses) understandable to computer or networking equipment, and vice versa.

The ccTLD manager is an entity (company) or an individual that handles the daily country code Top Level Domain operations or activities on behalf of the local Internet community (LIC). The authority that delegates the responsibilities to the ccTLD Manager is ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers).

• Government = Facilitator
  - Sponsoring entity
  - Protecting public interestb.  
• Private sector = Implementer
  - Have technical expertise/know-how
  - Business oriented to ensure sustainability
  - Protect private sector interests
• Small and Medium Enterprises (SME)
  - They have potential for registration of new domain names
• Youth and civil society 
  - ICT advocacy
• The academia
  - Scientific research and direction

This is the process of changing the designated ccTLD administrative manager and/or the designated ccTLD Technical manager. 

Historically and due to poor Internet Infrastructure, most ccTLDs in Africa were and some are still being technically managed by foreign experts. With the current technological advancements, every country is striving to manage its ccTLD viz. to have its ccTLD registry system delegated to a local entity. The reasons behind .tz ccTLD re-delegation are: -

•  To take full control of a ccTLD (.tz) as it is a national internet resource just as a country code number (255) is for the national PSTN.
• To further distribute and de-centralize the DNS system with added advantages of scalability, avoidance of single point of failure, improved performance (lower latency), keeping traffic in a local or regional context and thereby reducing the use of expensive international links. 

• .co.tz - Only for registered company or business entity as defined under national laws.
• .or.tz - Only for none profit making organizations.
• .go.tz - Only for formal Tanzania Governmental entities as recognized through parliament or on production of a letter from relevant Permanent Secretary of the relevant government Ministry where the registrant belongs.
• .ac.tz - Only for formal tertiary academic or technical institutions with relevant accreditation.
• .ne.tz - Only for addressing the network of people and hardware.
• .mil.tz - Exclusively for Tanzania Military entities recognized by the Ministry responsible for Defense;
• .sc.tz - Only for schools that are elementary, primary and secondary level institutions.