.qa is the Internet country code

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Qatar Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it ...

History

As of September 2011, members of the general public can register Qatar Internet domain names (.qa) that are available through accredited registrars. Prior to the making the .QA domain available to the public, QDR held a “sunrise” period for the domains which enabled trademark holders and government entities to register for the Qatar-specific domain names. As of 2014, thirteen registrars have been accredited by Qatar Domains Registry to offer the domain names. These registrars are Qtel, W3infotech, IP Mirror, Ascio, MarkMonitor, Marcaria (registrar), EPAG Domainservices, Safenames, Thexyz, CPS-Datensysteme, DomainMonster, and InternetX. Qatar Domains Registry, regulated by the Communications Regulatory Authority, manages Qatar's

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(ccTLD), which includes domains which are offered through accredited registrars and other closed domains related to Qatari institutions which means you must register your domain name directly from the Qatar Domains Registry. Qatar is among the first countries in the world to be able to offer domain names in Arabic, قطر. domain represents Qatar's Arabic language online identity. Qatar domains available through approved registrars are: .qa, .com.qa, .net.qa, .name.qa and Arabic قطر. the latter of which is represented as .xn--wgbl6a in Punycode. The domains that are registered directly from the Qatar Domains Registry are : .gov.qa, .mil.qa, .org.qa, .edu.qa and .sch.qa.

Second-level domains

* .com.qa – Commercial organisations; registered trademark protection. * .edu.qa – Licensed Higher educational organisations in Qatar. * .sch.qa – Licensed private and public schools in Qatar. * .gov.qa – Governmental organisations. * .mil.qa – Ministry of Defence. * .net.qa – Licensed networks of data communications. * .org.qa – Nonprofit organisations.

References

External links

IANA .qa whois information

Qatar Internet Domain Names

Qatar Domains Registry

For the IDN version of the website.
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