.ga is the

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(ccTLD) for

Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator The equator is a circle of latitude, about in circumference, that di ...

History

Between 1998 and 2004 it was administered by the ''Office des Postes et Télécommunications de la République Gabonaise'' and then transferred to '' Gabon Telecom''. ''Gabon Telecom'' in 2013 formed a partnership with international domain registrar Freenom to offer registrations of this domain for free. Since 2013, the ''Agence Nationale des Infrastructures Numériques et des Fréquences (ANINF)'' of Gabon is responsible for the .ga domain.

Denial of Registration to Kim Dotcom

Kim Dotcom attempted to use me.ga as an alternative domain for the Megaupload service. It was suspended by Communications Minister Blaise Louembe who stated "Gabon cannot serve as a platform or screen for committing acts aimed at violating copyrights, nor be used by unscrupulous people."

Non-conventional naming

Some entities are named using these informal conventions: * amb-name.ga – embassies * ch-name.ga or chu-name.ga – hospitals * ot-name.ga – tourism offices * univ-name.ga – universities * cci-name.ga – companies house * mairie-name.ga – city halls

Second-level domain names

* .gouv.ga – government * .org.ga – international organizations * .co.ga – commercial organizations * .edu.ga, .ed.ga, ac.ga, or univ.ga – schools, universities, academies

References

External links

Redelegation of the .GA domain representing Gabon to Agence Nationale des Infrastructures Numériques et des Fréquences.
Report of the

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is a standards organization that oversees global IP address An Internet Protocol address (IP address) is a numerical label such as that is connected to a computer network that uses the I ...

from 29 March 2013.
IANA .ga whois information
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