.mx is the

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Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere ...

, which in 2009 was re-opened to new registrations by NIC México. In 2009, the .mx ccTLD was rolled out in three steps: * Sunrise period from 1 May to 31 July 2009, waiting period, registrants who have already registered any other .MX second-level domain were able to register their domain for one year * Waiting period from 1 August to 31 August 2009, to set up the domains registered in the Sunrise period, and to resolve domain name disputes * Initial registration period from 1 September to 31 October 2009; in this part the registration will be done with the

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first-come, first-served and only for one year with a special set of prices. After the three phases, .mx registrations was opened to the public.

Second-level domains

Up to August 2009 domain registrations besides .MX, consist of third-level names beneath second-level names which parallel some of the

s: * .com.mx: Commercial entities (actually unrestricted, like .com) * .net.mx: Network providers (registration limited to qualifying entities) * .org.mx: Non-profit organizations (registration limited to qualifying entities) * .ngo.mx: Non-profit organizations or Civil society organizations (registration NOT limited to qualifying entities) * .edu.mx: Educational institutions (registration limited to qualifying entities) * .gob.mx: Federal, State or Municipal Governmental entities only (''.gob'' derives from the Spanish word for government: "''Gobierno''") Currently second level domains can be registered directly under .mx. On 30 April 2009, second level domain registrations were 0.06% of the total. A month later the value was up to 4.9% On 30 April 2010, second level registrations were 21.4% of the total.

References

External links

IANA .mx whois information

Official .MX Registry site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mx Country code top-level domains Computer-related introductions in 1989 Internet in Mexico sv:Toppdomän#M

Second-level domains

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