.ma
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| Introduced | 26 November 1993 |
|---|---|
| TLDtype | Country code top-level domain |
| Status | Active |
| Registry | Agence Nationale de Réglementation de Télécommunications |
| Sponsor | Agence Nationale de Réglementation des Télécommunications |
| Intended use | Entities connected with Morocco |
| Actual use | Popular in Morocco |
| Registered domains | 118,471 (2024-07-03)[1] |
| Registration restrictions | Must have a local contact |
| Structure | Registrations are made directly at the second level or at third level beneath second-level categories |
| Documents | Reglementation |
| Dispute policies | Complaints and Claims |
| Registry website | registre.ma |
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| TLDtype | Internationalized country code top-level domain |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Actual use | Only by ANRT itself as of Nov 2016 |
.mais theInternetcountry codetop-level domain(ccTLD) forMorocco(French:Maroc). A local registrar with a local Moroccan company as administrative contact is needed to register a.ma or.co.ma domain name. Further restrictions are imposed on the registering of other second-level domains (such as.net.ma or.gov.ma).
History[edit]
In 1993, theInternet Assigned Numbers Authority(IANA) approved a request for delegation of the.ma ccTLD for administrative and technical contact toÉcole Mohammadia d'ingénieurs.
In 1995 the technical management of the.ma domain was taken over byMaroc Telecom,who is still the (not formal) technical maintainer.
On 12 May 2006 IANA redesignated the administrative and technical contact for the domain, and made theAgence nationale de réglementation des télécommunications(ANRT) the only official registrar for the.ma ccTLD.[2]
Within some years the ANRT will request the market to bid on a "Technical maintainer" license which is valid for five years. The new party will get 12 months to implement a provisioning system based onExtensible Provisioning Protocol.Automatic provisioning of.ma domains cannot be expected until 2013.[needs update]
March 2015 the ANRT took official control of.ma and launches new automatic provisioning.
Practical information[edit]
- Total registered domains under.ma: 118,471 (2024-07-03)[1]
- Total internet users in Morocco: approx. 19,021,000 (2016)[3]
- Total ADSL connection in Morocco: approx. 550,000 (2007)[4]
Second-level domains[edit]
Registration can be done directly at the second level, or at the third level beneath these names:
- المغرب.:Arabicright-to-leftinternationalized ccTLDfor Morocco; General use
- .ma:General use
- net.ma:Internet providers
- ac.ma:Educational institutions
- org.ma:Organizations
- gov.ma:Governmental entities
- press.ma:Press and publications
- co.ma:Commercial entities
Second top-level domain[edit]
A second top-level domain will be used for Morocco intended for domain names in the local language using Arabic characters. The string المغرب. has been registered and approved for this purpose, and was delegated to Morocco in April 2011,[5]but it is not yet active (2015) and second level domains have not been granted yet.
References[edit]
- ^ab"registre.ma".registre.ma.2022-12-17.Archivedfrom the original on 2024-06-16.Retrieved2024-07-03.
- ^"IANA Report on the Redelegation of the.MA Top-Level Domain".Retrieved2008-05-03.
- ^"The CIA World Factbook (2012)".22 March 2023.
- ^"ANALYSE DE L'EVOLUTION DU SECTEUR DES TELECOMMUNICATIONS POUR L'ANNEE 2007"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2011-07-22.Retrieved2008-05-03.
- ^"IANA —.المغرب Domain Delegation Data".iana.org.
External links[edit]
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