.zm is the

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top-level domain A top-level domain (TLD) is one of the domain name, domains at the highest level in the hierarchical Domain Name System of the Internet after the root domain. The top-level domain names are installed in the DNS root zone, root zone of the nam ...

(

ccTLD 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 ...

) for

Zambia Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa. It is typically referred to being in South-Central Africa or Southern Africa. It is bor ...

. Registrants of .zm domains must "have a presence in Zambia".

Second-level domains

Registrants are required to register domains at the third level under an existing

second-level domain In the Domain Name System (DNS) hierarchy, a second-level domain (SLD or 2LD) is a domain that is directly below a top-level domain (TLD). For example, in , is the second-level domain of the TLD. Second-level domains commonly refer to the organ ...

(SLD). There are eleven

s: * ac.zm: Academic institutions * biz.zm: Businesses * co.zm: Commercial entities * com.zm: Commercial entities * edu.zm: Academic institutions * gov.zm: Government * info.zm: "Information" * mil.zm: Zambian military * net.zm: Networks * org.zm: Non-commercial organizations * sch.zm: Schools The designations above are assumed based on observed practices and standard conventions, as ZICTA (the ccTLD registry) do not maintain online documentation codifying this. Most entities will generally register either a .co.zm or .org.zm domain, if they choose to use the ccTLD rather than a

generic top-level domain Generic top-level domains (gTLDs) are one of the categories of top-level domains (TLDs) maintained by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) for use in the Domain Name System of the Internet. A top-level domain is the last level of ev ...

. The one documented exception to the requirement to register at the third level is that "registered ISPs" may register at the second level—e.g.
zamtel.zm
However, there are several undocumented variances to this rule—e.g., the Bank of Zambia's domain is boz.zm, and the regulator ( ZICTA) operates under zicta.zm.

Registrars

ISPs are required to be registered with ZICTA, and only registered ISPs may be accredited as registrars. ZICTA lists ISPs on their website.

References

External links

IANA .zm whois information
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zm Country code top-level domains Communications in Zambia Internet properties established in 1994 Internet in Zambia sv:Toppdomän#Z