.ge 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) for

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

Registration

.ge top-level domain names are available for direct registration for individuals and companies worldwide, without any restriction on citizenship or residence. Second-level domain names are also available for registration for several specific types of registrants:

History

.ge was delegated to Georgian ISP SaNet in 1992. In 2006

Caucasus Online Caucasus Online () is one of the largest Georgian Internet service providers and controls a large part of the Georgian internet communications market. Caucasus Online was formed by the unification of several major Georgian ISPs: ''Caucasus Networ ...

has been formed after merger of 3 companies (including SaNet) and became sponsor of . Registration service was initially provided by non-profit organization Internet Development Group - Georgia, but after introduction of

it exclusively consolidated both administrative and registrar roles. .gov.ge was delegated to LEPL Smart Logic in 2014.

Registrar Companies

Since 16 April 2018, according to renewed regulations of Registration and administration of .GE domain, Caucasus Online administrates only the .GE country code top-level domain. The registrar's functions and duties are exercised by registrars, accredited by Caucasus Online, who will register and manage .GE domain names; the .GE country code top level domain is registered by accredited companies.

.გე

In 2011, a new top-level domain name was registered for Georgia, intended for domain names in the local language. The top-level domain is .გე (.xn--node), which are the Georgian letters ''gani'' and ''eni'', representing G and E rather than an abbreviation of the nation's native name, ''Sakartvelo''. It became active with active web sites in 2016. Starting 20 January 2016, Georgia registered .გე top-level domains using Georgian ''

Mkhedruli The Georgian scripts are the three writing systems used to write the Georgian language: #Asomtavruli, Asomtavruli, #Nuskhuri, Nuskhuri and #Mkhedruli, Mkhedruli. Although the systems differ in appearance, their Letter (alphabet), letters share ...

'' script. At first, the process started for reservation of governmental and commercial TLDs but after 6 months from start date, registration of IDN ccTLDs became available to the general public.

References

External links

IANA .ge whois information.GE Domain Registrar Companies
Internet in Georgia (country) Country code top-level domains Internet properties established in 1992 1992 establishments in Georgia (country) Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries members {{Georgia-stub