"by Microsoft-IIS serving 11.60% of the total .za domains. The most common 1st character in domain names is ""c"", with 10.76% of .za domains starting with this character. .za .za is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for South Africa. The .za namespace is managed and regulated by the .za Domain Name Authority (ZADNA). Most domains are registered under the second-level domain .co.za. None of the official names for South Africa can be abbreviated to ZA, which is an abbreviation of the Dutch ""Zuid-Afrika"". Dutch was considered an official language in the Union of South Africa until 1961; it"
"Internet in Zimbabwe The Internet in Zimbabwe has seen rapid expansion in recent years. The Internet country code top-level domain is .zw. In 2009, the Mugabe-Tsvangirai Government of National Unity established a Ministry of Information and Communications Technology to focus on ICT growth and development. Zimbabwe's first internet service provider (ISP), Data Control & Systems, was established in 1994. In 1997, the national Posts and Telecommunication Corporation (PTC) built a national Internet backbone to sell bandwidth to private ISPs. The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) oversees ISP licensing. As of 2009, licenses cost US$2–4 million, depending on"
"intended for use by NGOs, individuals and such like organisations but any restrictions are not clear. .zw .zw (zimbabwe) is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Zimbabwe. Although no registry Web site is shown in the IANA whois listing, at least .co.zw registrations are presently being taken by the Zimbabwe Internet Service Providers Association, whose charter claims that one of the purposes of the organization's founding was to oversee the .zw domain. .ac.zw registrations are being taken by the University of Zimbabwe. Applications are handled by this institution's Computer Centre. As with the general norm, .ac.zw registrations are"
".zw .zw (zimbabwe) is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Zimbabwe. Although no registry Web site is shown in the IANA whois listing, at least .co.zw registrations are presently being taken by the Zimbabwe Internet Service Providers Association, whose charter claims that one of the purposes of the organization's founding was to oversee the .zw domain. .ac.zw registrations are being taken by the University of Zimbabwe. Applications are handled by this institution's Computer Centre. As with the general norm, .ac.zw registrations are for academic institutions. .org.zw registrations are taken by the country's fixed telecommunications provider, TelOne. These are"
".zm .zm is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Zambia. Registrants of .zm domains must ""have a presence in Zambia"". Registrants are required to register domains at the third level under an existing second-level domain (SLD). There are eight second-level domains: The designations above are assumed based on observed practices and standard conventions, as ZAMNET (the ccTLD registry) do not maintain online documentation codifying this. Most entities will generally register either a .co.zm or .org.zm domain, if they choose to use the ccTLD rather than a generic top-level domain. The one documented exception to the requirement to register"
"Bank are not allowed to receive e-mails containing the words “Morgan Tsvangirai” or “MDC”; the bank has had an e-mail content manager installed since 2006 that prevents e-mails with political content from reaching their intended recipients. In 2005, authorities arrested 40 people in a raid on a local Internet café because an e-mail insulting Mugabe was sent from the location. The OpenNet Initiative conducted testing on Zimbabwean ISP CABSAS in September 2008 and found no evidence of filtering. Internet in Zimbabwe The Internet in Zimbabwe has seen rapid expansion in recent years. The Internet country code top-level domain is .zw."
".nz .nz is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for New Zealand. It is administered by InternetNZ, with oversight and dispute resolution handled by the Domain Name Commission Limited (DNCL). Registrations are processed via authorised registrars. As of 5 August 2018 there were 715,692 registered .nz domains. As with many long-standing domain registries the registry was maintained informally for some time. The first formally recognised administrative organisation was the University of Waikato until the responsibility was delegated to InternetNZ when it was formed in 1995. Prior to the current structure, the registry operator of .nz was Domainz. Historically, Domainz"
".bz .bz is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Belize. It is administered by the University of Belize. At one point, .bz domains were being marketed by an American company as standing for ""business"", and that company took legal action against ICANN in an attempt to block the .biz domain as ""unfair competition"". Currently, the registry is in Belize, but is still marketing the domain outside the country as ""meaning business"". Internationalized domains with a wide assortment of non-ASCII characters are also available. Many websites in Italy use this domain, because of the abbreviation of Bolzano, the capital"
"000 Co.Za domain name registrations, which is over 95% of the total registrations in the “.za” ccTLD. This has thus made the registry by far the largest domain name registry on the African continent. The ZACR Board currently consists of the following executive and non-executive directors: Llewellyn Jones (Chair), Duncan Martin, Hasmukh Gajjar, Xoliswa Kakana, Busisiwe Mabuza, Dominic Cull, Mavuso Msimang, Lucky Masilela (CEO), Jannie Labuschagne (CFO). ZA Central Registry has between 20-30 employees, including some of the board members. Lucky Masilela is the Chief Executive Officer. The registry recently signed four registry operator contracts with ICANN at its Singapore"
"to showcase the cities as business and tourist destinations. ZA Central Registry The ZA Central Registry (ZACR), formerly known as UniForum SA, is a non-profit organisation established in 1988 and operates various second-level domains (SLD's) in South Africa. The ZA Central Registry is the administrator of the South African zones such as “co.za” and “web.za”. Their offices are based in Midrand, South Africa. The ZACR, in partnership with the Africa Union Commission (AUC), is the applicant for the dotAfrica domain in ICANN's new Top-level domain program. The ZACR has also partnered with the ZA Domain Name Authority (ZADNA), the South"
"at the third level is that ""registered ISPs"" may register at the second level—e.g., zamnet.zm. However, there are several undocumented variances to this rule—e.g., the Bank of Zambia's domain is boz.zm. The Regulator Zambia Information and Communication Technology Authority ZICTA is zicta.zm The .com.zm, .edu.zm and .net.zm SLDs are administered by CopperNET Solutions, while all other .zm domains are registered through ZAMNET. .zm .zm is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Zambia. Registrants of .zm domains must ""have a presence in Zambia"". Registrants are required to register domains at the third level under an existing second-level domain (SLD)."
".dz .dz is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Algeria (from ""Dzayer"", the local name for Algeria). It is administered by Network Internet Center. DZ, a subdivision of CERIST (""Centre de Recherche sur l'Information Scientifique et Technique""). To apply for a .dz domain name, one must be an organization with a permanent presence in Algeria, and choose a name of three or more letters. Currently, NIC.DZ charges 1000 Algerian dinars a year (about 14 USD). Registrations are taken directly at the second level, or at the third level beneath these names: A second top-level domain will be used for"
"would be available from the following week to allow Māori language words to be correctly represented in domain names. .nz .nz is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for New Zealand. It is administered by InternetNZ, with oversight and dispute resolution handled by the Domain Name Commission Limited (DNCL). Registrations are processed via authorised registrars. As of 5 August 2018 there were 715,692 registered .nz domains. As with many long-standing domain registries the registry was maintained informally for some time. The first formally recognised administrative organisation was the University of Waikato until the responsibility was delegated to InternetNZ when"
"meeting in April 2014, which officially appoints the ZACR as the accredited ICANN registry to manage the administration function for “.joburg”, “.capetown”, “.durban” and “.africa”. Web.za-is a generic top level domain which is now being administered by ZACR. This means that accredited registrars are now able to register names in Web.Za. This .ZA 2nd level domain was re launched by ZADNA, under ZA Central Registry’s operation. Web.Za will take domain name registrations on the same basis as co.za: no eligibility requirements, open to domain name applications by South Africans and non-South Africans. The re-launch allows for protection of trademarks, starting"
"network operators, namely Econet, Net One and Telecel. The current subscriber base in June 2011 to these three mobile operators were 5,521,000 people for Econet, 1,297,000 for Net One, and 1,349,000 for Telecel. All of these operators are 100 percent digitalized and offer 2G, GPRS, EDGE, 3G and 4G LTE services. Internet hosts: 30,615 (2012) In 2009, there were 1.423 million internet users. In June 2004 Mugabe asked ISPs to monitor ""all"" email traffic passing through their systems for ""anti-national activities"". ISPs protest that this is an impossible task. Country code (Top level domain): .zw Telecommunications in Zimbabwe Communications in"
"Algeria, intended for domain names in the local language, using Arabic characters: الجزائر. .dz .dz is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Algeria (from ""Dzayer"", the local name for Algeria). It is administered by Network Internet Center. DZ, a subdivision of CERIST (""Centre de Recherche sur l'Information Scientifique et Technique""). To apply for a .dz domain name, one must be an organization with a permanent presence in Algeria, and choose a name of three or more letters. Currently, NIC.DZ charges 1000 Algerian dinars a year (about 14 USD). Registrations are taken directly at the second level, or at the"
"domain hacks. .cd .cd is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Democratic Republic of 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 .com.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 for compact disc (other similar ccTLDs are .fm, .am, .tv, .dj, .mu, and .me). Such unconventional uses of TLDs in domain names are"
"government-owned Myanmar Post & Telecomms controls all the services for internet and email. .mm .mm is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Myanmar (officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar). It was assigned in 1997. Prior to 1989, the ISO 3166 alpha-2 code for Burma was BU, but no .bu ccTLD was assigned. On 12 June, 2011 the ISO 3166-1 code for Myanmar changed to reflect the MM used for the ccTLD. A company run by two Australian expatriates in Myanmar, Eagle Group, set up the first Internet access to Myanmar in 1997. They contracted with British"
"zone a domain name is shorter, domain registration here costs several times more than in .com.ng while .org.ng, which is usually used by non-profit organisations, ranks third (7%). IANA delegation record for .ng ccTLD (1995 registration) .ng .ng is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Nigeria. On May 13, 2009, IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) completed the process of re-delegation of the .ng domain name from temporary authorities to the current Nigerian ones. For many years, Randy Bush had been the Technical contact of the .ng domain name. With the IANA re-delegation, the technical contact is now the"
".cd .cd is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Democratic Republic of 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 .com.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 for compact disc (other similar ccTLDs are .fm, .am, .tv, .dj, .mu, and .me). Such unconventional uses of TLDs in domain names are known as"
"In June 1993, three Tanzanians, Prof. Beda Mutagahwa, Bill Sangiwa, and Kitalima Mabula, with the help of Internet Pioneer Randy Bush, began the registration process to set up the .tz ccTLD. In accordance with ISO-3166 standards, the ccTLD was registered through IANA and ICANN. The registration was successful, and with the assistance of the government of United Republic of Tanzania, work for the development of country's Internet began with the Prof. Beda as the Director of the University Computing Center and Randy Bush as the technical contact for the ccTLD. .tz became operational in August 1994. In mid-2005, a committee"
"Africa, subscribers would dial 0501. Calls to Botswana, Swaziland and Zimbabwe could similarly be made using the regional codes 0192, 0194 and 0191, respectively, instead of the international codes +267, +268 and +263. 00: International access code effective from 16 October 2006 and mandatory from 16 January 2007. 01: The old Transvaal province, currently comprising Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and part of the North West: 02: Western and Northern Cape: 03: KwaZulu-Natal: 04: Eastern Cape and eastern parts of the Western Cape: 05: Free State and Northern Cape 06: Cellular 07: Cellular 08: Cellular 08: Special services ""Note that since 10"
".mm .mm is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Myanmar (officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar). It was assigned in 1997. Prior to 1989, the ISO 3166 alpha-2 code for Burma was BU, but no .bu ccTLD was assigned. On 12 June, 2011 the ISO 3166-1 code for Myanmar changed to reflect the MM used for the ccTLD. A company run by two Australian expatriates in Myanmar, Eagle Group, set up the first Internet access to Myanmar in 1997. They contracted with British company called Digiserve based in High Wycombe, United Kingdom, to provide DNS services"
"ZA Central Registry The ZA Central Registry (ZACR), formerly known as UniForum SA, is a non-profit organisation established in 1988 and operates various second-level domains (SLD's) in South Africa. The ZA Central Registry is the administrator of the South African zones such as “co.za” and “web.za”. Their offices are based in Midrand, South Africa. The ZACR, in partnership with the Africa Union Commission (AUC), is the applicant for the dotAfrica domain in ICANN's new Top-level domain program. The ZACR has also partnered with the ZA Domain Name Authority (ZADNA), the South African Domain Name regulator, to implement the dotJoburg, dotCapetown,"
".kz .kz and (abbreviation of , ""Qazaqstan"") are the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Kazakhstan. Registrations can be made directly at the second level (with no requirement of Kazakhstan presence) or at the third level beneath categories which have specific restrictions, and are generally limited to Kazakhstan-related entities. In June 2011, Google redirected all traffic from google.kz to google.com in response to a demand issued by the Kazakh Ministry of Communications and Information that requires all .kz domain names to operate on physical servers within the borders of Kazakhstan. Senior Vice President Bill Coughran said ""creating borders on"
"passports to be fake. When the passport's MRZ is scanned, the immigration and checking systems fail to recognize the country code ZIM, where as mentioned before the actual ISO code for Zimbabwe should be ZWE. The MRZ zone starts off with something like PNZIM«HOLDERSNAME«. The correct version should read PNZWE«HOLDERSNAME« Airlines such as Emirates and KLM have issued circulars to their staff and published information on their websites highlighting this issue. , Zimbabwean citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 59 countries and territories, ranking the Zimbabwean passport 77th in terms of travel freedom (tied Ghanaian passport) according"
".ng .ng is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Nigeria. On May 13, 2009, IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) completed the process of re-delegation of the .ng domain name from temporary authorities to the current Nigerian ones. For many years, Randy Bush had been the Technical contact of the .ng domain name. With the IANA re-delegation, the technical contact is now the local Nigerian DNS administrator, while the administrative contact is the president of Nigeria Internet Registration Association. To speed up the process of registering .ng domain names, NIRA has accredited a first batch of 29 Domain registrars,"
".tk .tk is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Tokelau, a territory of New Zealand located in the South Pacific. Tokelau allows any individual to register domain names. Users and small businesses may register any number of domain names free of charge (with some restrictions). In addition to the name itself, users can opt to forward their web traffic using HTML frames and their email traffic, with a maximum of 250 addresses per user log in, or use full DNS, either via their own or third-party servers, or by using Dot TK's servers. There are content restrictions for"
"in late 2009 with further improvements to between 3.6 and 4.2 Mbit/s in 2013. Some of the Internet Service Providers operating in Tanzania are: Some of the data operators in Tanzania are: There are no government restrictions on access to the Internet; however, the government monitors websites that criticize the government. Police also monitor the Internet to combat illegal activities. The constitution provides for freedom of speech, but does not explicitly provide for freedom of the press. A permit is required for reporting on police or prison activities, and journalists need special permission to attend meetings in the Zanzibar House"
".bq .bq is designated—but not in use—as the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for ""Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba"" (the Caribbean Netherlands) following the assignment on December 15, 2010, by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency of BQ as the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 to the area. This decision followed the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles and new status of the Caribbean Netherlands as public bodies of the Netherlands on October 10, 2010. On 15 December, 2010 the ISO 3166-1 code for Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba changed to reflect the BQ codified for the ccTLD. Previously, the Caribbean Netherlands used"
"the web raises important questions for us not only about network efficiency but also about user privacy and free expression."" By hosting google.kz only on servers inside Kazakhstan, ""we would be helping to create a fractured Internet."" During the first half of 2017, google.kz (https://www.google.kz/) has returned to be generally available. A second country code top-level domain, .қаз (""qaz"") for Kazakhstan is now active. It is used with web addresses using Cyrillic letters. It was launched in March 2012, when the first site, a test site, http://Тест.қаз (""test.qaz"") was activated. .kz .kz and (abbreviation of , ""Qazaqstan"") are the Internet"
"Zealand License. See for the full citation."" Internet in Tokelau Internet in Tokelau is provided by Teletok, the government-owned communications corporation, and Taloha Inc., a private company formed by the Dutch Joost Zuurbier. In the year 2000, Joost Zuurbier realised that as Tokelau held an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code it was entitled to a domain name under ICANN regulations. He went to Tokelau and negotiated a deal under which his company would be able to act as the registrar for .tk domain names, in exchange for a licensing fee and the provision of free internet connectivity for the residents"
"Economic Development, Trade and Investment Promotion Agency and at ZADNA, the ZA Domain Name Authority that regulates, manages and administers South Africa’s Internet top level domain. Nondumiso Mzizana Nondumiso Mzizana is a South African dentist and businesswoman. A member of the Leadership Board of the Gordon Institute of Business Science at the University of Pretoria, Mzizana is a Board member at the Northern Cape Economic Development, Trade and Investment Promotion Agency and at ZADNA, the ZA Domain Name Authority that regulates, manages and administers South Africa’s Internet top level domain. The CEO of Sikelela Medical and Dental Supplies, she was"