| 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 |
| Web site | .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.
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2nd level registrations
In the past, registrations ware 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]
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
External links
References
- ^ AL Zone File. Robert Baskerville's ccTLD analysis data (28 December 2007). Retrieved on 2007-12-28.
