.al

.al

Introduced	1992
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	Institute of Informatics and Applied Mathematics (INIMA)
Sponsor	Authority for Regulations of Telecommunication in Albania (ART)
Intended use	Entities connected with  Albania
Actual use	It has some use in Albania
Registration restrictions	Must be organization with legal representative in Albania; limit of one domain per organization; must be in appropriate subdomain
Structure	Registrations are at third level beneath categorized second-level subdomains
Documents	Registration form (PDF)
Dispute policies	Disputes must be with registrant alone; NIC disclaims all legal responsibilities
Website	.al DNS registrations

.al is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Albania. It is administered by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Albania.

[edit] 2nd level registrations

In the past, registrations were not permitted directly at the second level, but a few existing names were "grandfathered"; they were uniti.al, tirana.al, soros.al, upt.al and inima.al.

There are now over 200 names registered at the second level, including vodafone.al and olympicairlines.al ^[1]

[edit] 3rd level registrations

Registrations used to be only beneath the second-level label appropriate for the type of organization, but many now exist directly below .al. These are the second level domains in current use:

• .gov.al for government institutions
• .edu.al for academic and R&D institutions
• .org.al for non-government organizations
• .com.al for enterprises & commercial organizations
• .net.al for organizations dedicated on networking

[edit] External links

• IANA .al whois information

[edit] References

1. ^ "AL Zone File". Robert Baskerville's ccTLD analysis data (2007-12-28). Retrieved on 2007-12-28.