.ye is the Internet country code

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Republic of Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the north and Oman to the northeast and sha ...

History

In 2015, when the Houthis took over the Yemeni capital, the rebel forces also took over the main internet provider and distributor of the .ye domain. In response, the Aden-based Yemeni government created its own domain extension, .adennet. According to DomainTools, 1152 .ye domain names were registered as of 2018.

.YE regulations

In order to register a .YE domain, you must have a company registered in Yemen. However, some registrars provide a local presence service for non-Yemeni clients.

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names also need to be hosted in the Republic of Yemen.

Second level domains

There are eight Second Level Domains: * com.ye: Commercial Entities * co.ye: Companies * ltd.ye: Limited Companies * me.ye: Private Individuals * net.ye: Network Providers * org.ye: Non-commercial Organizations * plc.ye: Public Companies * gov.ye: Government and Governmental System

Second top domain

A second top domain will be used for the Republic of Yemen, intended for domain names in the local language. The string اليمن (''al-Yaman'') was registered and approved for this purpose in March 2011, but it was not activated and lower level domains were not granted at that time.

References

External links

IANA .ye whois information
Country code top-level domains Communications in Yemen {{compu-domain-stub sv:Toppdomän#Y