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NIC.sh

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Organization
Type Commercial
Focus Internet
Region EUR
Country
  • United Kingdom
City Christchurch,

Dorset BH23 1XW

Founded 1997
Websites

NIC.sh (Island of St. Helena Network Information Center) is the registry for country code top level domain name .sh, which is allocated to the Island of Saint Helena. It is a subsidiary of the Internet Computer Bureau, a company based in the United Kingdom, which offers software, routing and satellite services to domain name registries, government telecommunication authorities and telecommunication companies worldwide. The company is chaired by Paul Kane.[1]

The company's data centers are located in data centres in London, Tokyo, Melbourne, Seattle, San Francisco, Zurich and Amsterdam.

Services

The company provides domain name purchase, registration, management and renewal. It also offers IDN services for entities who wish to register their domain names using their local characters.[2]

Registrars

NIc.sh has partnered with numerous registrars all over the world; which include Tucows, HiChina Web Solutions (Beijing) Limited, Gransy s.r.o, Klute-Thiemann Informationstechnologie Gmbh, MarkMonitor Inc., etc.[3]

.sh

.sh is an Open Use ccTLD, with no restrictions on registration at the top level. St. Helena residents may apply for a free third level domain in .com.sh, .co.sh, .net.sh, .nom.sh, or .org.sh.

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