.ky is the
Internet
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country code
Country codes are short alphabetic or numeric geographical
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top-level domain
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(
ccTLD
A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet
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) for the
Cayman Islands
The Cayman Islands () is a self-governing British Overseas Territory
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. The code was chosen as other possible options had already been allocated. Registration was limited to residents and registered companies in the Cayman Islands with a local address, but this restriction was removed in September 2015. The Cayman Islands also has the
international three-letter code CYM and has won a bid to be awarded the
.cym domain in a future expansion of the top-level domain space.
Second level domains
Registrations are permitted directly at the second level, or at the third level beneath these names:
* com.ky
* org.ky
* net.ky
* edu.ky (restricted to educational institutions)
* gov.ky (restricted to governmental entities)
History
IANA received a request to establish the .ky ccTLD in April 1995. From 1995 to 2002, the .ky ccTLD registry was operated by an individual, Clint Mole, initially as an employee of the Cayman Islands government, but then later under contract with a company Domain Name Trust (DNT). In 2002, the Cayman Islands government established the Information and Communications Technical Authority (ICTA) and contacted
ICANN
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requesting that administrative operation be changed to ICTA. In June 2003, IANA and ICANN concluded that the .ky ccTLD should be redelegated to ICTA.
In January 2015 the Cayman Islands ICTA announced a partnership with Uniregistry for the operation of the .ky name extension.
Uniregistry became the first ICANN accredited registrar to retail .ky names on March 2, 2015.
See also
*
Internet in the Cayman Islands
*
Internet in the United Kingdom
*
.uk
References
External links
IANA .ky whois information.ky domain registration websiteOfReg
Computer-related introductions in 1995
Country code top-level domains
Communications in the Cayman Islands
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