.ve
Introduced | 7 March 1991 |
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TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
Status | Active |
Registry | Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones |
Sponsor | Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones |
Intended use | Entities connected with Venezuela |
Actual use | Popular in Venezuela |
Registration restrictions | Third-level registrations |
Structure | Registrations are made at the third level beneath various second level names |
Documents | Terms and conditions |
Registry website | nic.ve |
.ve is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Venezuela.
On 3 March 2009 the ISO 3166-1 code for Venezuela changed to reflect the VE used for the ccTLD.
Registrations are allowed without restrictions, only at the third level:
- .arts.ve - artistic and cultural institution
- .co.ve - a website originally ".com" ported to Venezuelan Spanish
- .com.ve - Venezuelan commercial entity
- .info.ve - informational sites
- .net.ve - network service providers
- .org.ve - non-profit organizations
- .radio.ve - radio stations
- .web.ve - individuals
The following second level domains allow restricted third level domain registrations:[1]
- .gob.ve / .gov.ve - government-related websites
- .edu.ve - Venezuela based educational institutions
- .int.ve - International institutions
- .mil.ve - Venezuelan military institution
- .tec.ve - University of Technology
Internationalized domain names are available using the following Spanish characteres: á, é, í, ó, ú, ü, and ñ.[2]
A number of second level domain names are in place, i.e., cha.ve, internet.ve, ipv6.ve, nic.ve
References[]
- ^ Procedimiento para solicitud de un nombre de dominio especial (gob.ve, mil.ve, edu.ve, tec.ve) Archived 2010-11-27 at the Wayback Machine, CONATEL
- ^ IANA, .VE Spanish table
External links[]
Categories:
- Country code top-level domains
- Telecommunications in Venezuela
- Domain name stubs
- Venezuela stubs