.sx is the

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(ccTLD) in the

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of the

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for

Sint Maarten Sint Maarten () is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Carib ...

. Sint Maarten became an autonomous country within the

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on October 10, 2010. On December 15, 2010, the

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Maintenance Agency allocated SX as the

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code for Sint Maarten, as other possible combinations such as .sm, .ma, and

.mt .mt is the Internet The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that ...

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

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to claim

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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

References

External links

IANA .sx whois information

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

Registration phases

See also

References

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