The Multi Lingual Domain Name System has been developed to provide facility to the users of local languages like Urdu, Sindhi and Arabic.

Until the implementation of  Multi Lingual technology, no provision had been made to allow input for email addresses in a non-ASCII native language. This meant that any user of the Internet had to have some basic knowledge of ASCII characters and the English language, creating a major hurdle in the regions where English is not widely spoken.