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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) in the
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of the
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for
Sint Maarten Sint Maarten () is a Countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands located in the Caribbean region of North America. With a population of 58,477 as of June 2023 on an area of , it encompasses ...
. Sint Maarten became an autonomous country within the
Kingdom of the Netherlands The Kingdom of the Netherlands (, ;, , ), commonly known simply as the Netherlands, is a sovereign state consisting of a collection of constituent territories united under the monarch of the Netherlands, who functions as head of state. The re ...
on October 10, 2010. On December 15, 2010, the
ISO 3166 ISO 3166 is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that defines codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, special areas of geographical interest, and their principal subdivisions (e.g., pro ...
Maintenance Agency allocated SX as the
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code for Sint Maarten, as other possible combinations such as .sm, .ma, and .mt had already been allocated. The sx top-level domain is run on the CIRA Fury Registry Platform. Registrars of sx domains must be accredited by the registry. After an initial sunrise period to claim
trademark A trademark (also written trade mark or trade-mark) is a form of intellectual property that consists of a word, phrase, symbol, design, or a combination that identifies a Good (economics and accounting), product or Service (economics), service f ...
ed names, and registration periods for local priority, and landrush assignments the registry opened general availability registrations to the public on 15 November 2012. A local presence is not required of
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registrants.


Registration phases

*Grandfather period to protect Sint Maarten holders of AN domain names ended May 2, 2012. *Sunrise period to protect trademark holders was conducted from May 3 to July 4, 2012. *Local Sint Maarten corporate and personal priority periods were from July 5 to September 4, 2012. *Landrush period was from September 5 to October 4, 2012. *General availability period during which anyone may register a SX domain name started November 15, 2012


See also

*
Internet in the Netherlands According to research done by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Netherlands is ranked with Switzerland in having the most broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, has no bandwidth caps, and has the most h ...
* Internet in the Netherlands Antilles * ISO 3166-2:SX * .nl –CC TLD for the Netherlands * .an –CC TLD for former Netherlands Antilles federation * .eu –CC TLD for the European Union * .mf, the ccTLD proposed for Saint Martin, the French side of the island.


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IANA .sx whois information

SX Registry
Country code top-level domains Communications in Sint Maarten {{compu-domain-stub