.bi

.bi is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Burundi. It is administered by Centre National de l’Informatique (CNI) or, in English, the National Center of Information Technology.

Rules and Regulations

The domain name space is served on a first in first out basis. .bi Registry considers itself to have a rather liberal policy about domain names as soon as the domain name is in relation with the business name or one of its marks. Their general principle is that a domain must reflect the truth.

The foreign entities are not obliged to keep a DNS or an administrative contact in the country. Except those qualified by BI Registry as restricted or undesirable, any domain name related to the business may be assigned to these entities.

A restricted domain is one of these : gov, net, edu, ac, com, co, int, mil, gouv or any other name related to government or public company use. One can contact the registrar in order to create such a domain; however that it will be assigned only if sponsored by an official authority. It is also discouraged registration of second level domains for generic names such as bank, name, nom, art or a geographic notion as it also misleads people.

An undesirable name is defined as being vulgar, misleading people or being rejected by BI Registry at its own discretion. It is also applicable for domain registration of well known brands/trademarks registered by third parties without the consent of the owner of the brands/trademark. The domain will be deleted immediately at the owner’s request.

The registrar also strongly discourages the use of suffixes of their country for misleading people.

The domain name must have a minimum of three characters. Applications for one or two characters domain may be considered with prior arrangement.

Country code top-level domain