.tw

.tw
Introduced 1989
TLD type Country code top-level domain
Status Active
Registry TWNIC
Sponsor TWNIC
Intended use Entities connected with
 Taiwan
Actual use Popular in Taiwan
Registration restrictions Requirements vary depending on which second-level name registration is within; foreigners allowed in several categories
Structure Registrations are at second level or at third level beneath some second-level labels
Documents Guidelines for administration of domain name registration
Dispute policies Taiwan Network Information Center Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy
Website

TWNIC;

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.tw is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Taiwan. The domain name is based on the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code TW. The registry is maintained by TWNIC, a Taiwanese non-profit organization appointed by National Communication Commission (NCC) and ministry of transportation and communications ROC. Since March 1st, 2001, TWNIC has stopped allow itself to sign up new domain names directly, instead allowing new registration through its contracted reseller registrars.

The current reseller registrars are as follows:Chunghwa Telecom, Chunghwa Int'l Communication Network Co., Ltd., FarEasTone, Taiwan Mobile, Asia Pacific Telecom, PC Home, Net-Chinese, TISNet, IP Mirror, Webnic, Neulevel.

ICANN assigned two internationalized domain names (IDN) for Taiwan on June 25, 2010:[1]

No registrations under these domain have been conducted as of August 2010.

Registrations under tw are possible in second-level space or under various domains as third-level domains:

Domain names in Chinese characters may also be registered at the second level. Furthermore, any registrant of a standard domain name who has chosen a domestic registrar may automatically get two more domain names in Chinese characters in the following second-level domains: 網路.tw, 組織.tw and 商業.tw. These second-level domains correspond to net.tw, org.tw and com.tw, respectively.

References

  1. "ICANN Board Meeting Minutes". ICANN. 25 June 2010. Archived from the original on 7 July 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2010.

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