NIC México (Network Information Centre Mexico) or NIC.MX is the

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in charge of the registry for the .mx country code top-level domain (

ccTLD A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, sovereign state, or dependent territory identified with a country code. All ASCII ccTLD identifiers are two letters long, and all t ...

). NIC Mexico is also responsible for the National Internet Registry which manages the allocation of

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space to Mexican

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History

NIC México was created in February 1989 when the

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received th
.mx delegation
In 2001 NIC Mexico established the externa
Advisory Committee
with the aim to discuss relevant and strategic issues regarding the .MX policies.

Registrars

NIC Mexico finished its

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(EPP) implementation in July 2008 and started the accreditation of

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s for the commercialization of .mx domain names. A list of current accredited .mx registrars show more than 180 after one year of operation of this model.List of .MX Accredited Registrars
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International

NIC Mexico is a founding member of

LACNIC LACNIC (Latin America and Caribbean Network Information Centre; , ) is the regional Internet registry for the Latin American and Caribbean regions. LACNIC provides number resource allocation and registration services that support the global oper ...

an
LACTLD
NIC Mexico is member of the Country Code Names Supporting Organization

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, which is part of the

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structure. Along with

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(Federation of Latin-America and the Caribbean for the Internet and Electronic Commerce), NIC Mexico proposed

.lat .lat is an Internet generic top-level domain (gTLD) for Latin American communities and users wherever they may reside. NIC México (Manager of the .mx ccTLD) along with eCOM-LAC (Federation of Latin-America and the Caribbean for the Internet ...

as a

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(gTLD) for

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communities, which was approved in 2015.

References

External links

NIC Mexico Registry
- official site.
LACTLD
- Latin American and Caribbean Country Code Top Level Domain Organization. {{DEFAULTSORT:NIC Mexico Internet in Mexico Domain name registries

History

Registrars

International

See also

References

External links