.cd

.cd

Introduced	20 August 1997
TLDtype	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	Société Congolaise des Postes et Télécommunications
Sponsor	Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Intended use	Entities connected with theDemocratic Republic of the Congo
Actual use	Not that popular, but used for a miscellany of sites, some related to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and some about musicCDs
Registration restrictions	None
Structure	Registrations permitted at second level
Dispute policies	UDRP
Registry website	hosting.cd

.cdis theInternetcountry codetop-level domain(ccTLD) for theDemocratic Republic of the Congo.It was created in 1997 as a replacement for the.zr(Zaire) ccTLD, which was phased out and eventually deleted in 2001.

Except for reserved names like.cd,.net.cd,.org.cd, and others, any person in the world can register a.cd domain for a fee. The ccTLD is popular (and thus economically valuable) owing to it being an abbreviation forcompact disc(other similar ccTLDs are.fm,.am,.tv,.dj,.mu,and.me). Such unconventional uses ofTLDsin domain names are known asdomain hacks.

Until 2011, the registry was managed by nic.cd. It was then delegated to the Société Congolaise des Postes et Télécommunications (SCPT).

.zr

.zris the formerInternetcountry codetop-level domain(ccTLD) forZaire.When Zaire was renamed theDemocratic Republic of the Congoin 1997,.zr was phased out and.cd took its place. In 2001,.zr was deleted.

External links

• IANA whois information for.cd
• Official home page of Congo Internet Management (archived)
• SCPT
• IANA redelegation report on.cd ccTLD (2011)
• IANA report on deletion