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History

The .bb top-level domain has been maintained by several administrators since its creation, the first of which being the University of Puerto Rico. In 1996, the Government of Barbados sought the relegation of .bb to the incumbent local exchange carrier, Cable & Wireless (BARTEL) Ltd. A 2001 Memorandum of Understanding was then later signed between the Government of Barbados and both Cable & Wireless (Bartel) Ltd. and its sister company Cable & Wireless (BET) Ltd., to continue the administration of the ".bb" domains until the government selected alternate directives. In November 2007, .bb was again relegated to the Telecoms Unit within the Government of Barbados. The Government has indicated that the government's policy will be to maintain a semi-restricted domain. Legal issues regarding domains are to be handled by the Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office (CAIPO) arm of the Government. The fee for Barbados' main

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and third-level domains is BBD$120 annually. This pricing is significantly higher than most other domains, which has discouraged its use. At present the .bb namespace does not allow for commercial licenses to entities without some connection to Barbados.

Second-level domains

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organisations) * - Barbadian government organisations * - Barbadian educational organisations * - general use * - general use * - general use * - general use

Timeline

*1991-09 – University of Puerto Rico is delegated the .bb domain. *1996 – The .bb ccTLD becomes re-delegated from Univ. of Puerto Rico to Cable & Wireless. *2001-10-16 – The Government of Barbados and Cable & Wireless sign a MOU for the later to maintain interim-administration of the .bb ccTLD. *2007-11 – The Government of Barbados assumes total administration and control of the .bb ccTLD from C&W.

References

External links

IANA .bb whois information

The Min. of Finance, Investment, Telecommunications and Energy (MFIE)
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Whois search tool for registered .bb ccTLDs

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History

Second-level domains

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