.gd is the
country code top-level domain
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 tw ...
(
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 tw ...
) for
Grenada
Grenada is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea. The southernmost of the Windward Islands, Grenada is directly south of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and about north of Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad and the So ...
.
March 2013 dispute over ownership of the .vg, .tc, and .gd registries
Domain name registrars such as GoDaddy have stopped accepting new registrations for
.vg,
.tc and .gd domain names since March 2013.
This is the result of a dispute over the ownership and control of AdamsNames Ltd. which had been the accredited registry by the
IANA
The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is a standards organization that oversees global IP address allocation, autonomous system number allocation, root zone management in the Domain Name System (DNS), media types, and other Internet P ...
for those top level domains.
A former partner of AdamsNames Ltd. created a new company Meridian Ltd. which claimed to be the new accredited registry.
May 2013 freeze of the .gd zone
The National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (NTRC) made the decision to move the .gd zone under the management of KSRegistry, running as nicGD, as of 1 May 2013. This was to ensure the integrity of the zone and to allow it remain in control and under the responsibility of the NTRC.
KSRegistry, as a result of acquiring the zone, had to resolve any discrepancies that may have occurred during the dispute and chose to freeze the zone from changes until May 21, 2013. Since then, the zone has been re-opened with new policies.
See also
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Internet in Grenada
References
External links
IANA .gd whois information.gd registry website.gd domain registration website
Country code top-level domains
Communications in Grenada
Internet properties established in 1992
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