.ae
| Introduced | 1992 |
|---|---|
| TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
| Status | Active |
| Registry | .aeDA |
| Sponsor | TRA |
| Intended use | Entities connected with United Arab Emirates
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| Actual use | Very popular in U.A.E. |
| Registration restrictions | (only applicable to registrations under third level) Local presence. Must present documentation: business registration, certificate from relevant ministry (for org, mil, gov, sch and ac) |
| Structure | Names can be registered directly at the second level; third-level registrations are also available under some second-level labels |
| Documents | ae Domain Name Eligibility Policy |
| Dispute policies | UAE Domain Name DRP |
| Website | aeda.ae |
The domain name ae is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) in the Domain Name System of the Internet for the United Arab Emirates. It is administered by .aeDA which is part of the UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority.
The internationalized country code top-level domain in the Arabic alphabet of the UAE is امارات., which is represented as .xn--mgbaam7a8h in Punycode.
The domain ae is administered by UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA). Registrations are permitted directly at the second level (unrestricted zone) or at the third level (restricted zone) beneath several category labels. During 1995–2003 co.ae was used for commercial entities, but this has been deprecated by UAEnic in 2003 in preference to the commercial use of second-level registrations; existing co.ae registrations were allowed to be retained if their registrants so desire. During 2008 when ae was re-delegated to the TRA, the .aeDA published new policies in which co.ae was introduced only for local commercial companies provided that the name is connected to the business name.
The .AE domain was originally delegated to UUNET. Recognising the domain should be administered in the country, the domain was transferred in 1995 to Etisalat, following a brief period of administration by the United Arab Emirates University. Since that time, Etisalat, through its division the UAE Network Information Center (UAEnic), has been responsible for the operation of the .ae domain.
During GITEX 2006, the Telecommunication Regulatory Authority TRA announced that the .ae ccTLD management and operations will be re-delegated to the TRA from Etisalat/UAEnic, the current .ae ccTLD manager. A new entity called .ae Domain Administration (.ae DA) has been formed to take care of management and operations of .ae based on latest DNS and Domain Registry technologies. During January 2008, IANA officially re-delegated the .ae Domain to the TRA.
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