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'''.tz''' is the ccTLD for Tanzania. It is managed by the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority.<ref>[https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/tz.html IANA: Delegation Record for .TZ]</ref> | '''.tz''' is the ccTLD for Tanzania. It is managed by the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority.<ref>[https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/tz.html IANA: Delegation Record for .TZ]</ref> | ||
== Rules and Restrictions == | |||
Registration directly under .tz is a premium domain name, and it is intended for registered business companies or entities. | |||
The following names and/or uses for .tz have grounds for cancellation: | |||
* it is identical or confusingly similar to a name whose right is recognised or established by national laws; | |||
* it has been registered by a holder who has no rights or legitimate interest on it; | |||
* it was registered primarily for the purpose of being sold to the person whose right is legally recognised or established in Tanzania; | |||
* it has been registered for the purpose of preventing its real holder, who is legally recognized or established in Tanzania from reflecting that domain name in a corresponding domain name; | |||
* it was registered primarily for the purpose of disrupting the business of a competitor; | |||
* it was intentionally registered for attracting the Internet or website users for commercial gains by creating a likelihood of confusion with the domain name corresponding to a rightful holder who is legally recognised or established in Tanzania; | |||
* it is a personal name for which there is no demonstrable link between the holder and the domain name registered; | |||
* the information kept in relation to the domain name in the Central Registry is untrue, incomplete or misleading.<ref name="rules">[https://karibu.tz/media/regulations.pdf .tz: THE ELECTRONIC AND POSTAL COMMUNICATIONS (DOMAIN NAMES MANAGEMENT) REGULATIONS, 2020]</ref> | |||
=== Second-level Domains === | |||
=== Characters === | |||
The registered domain names shall maintain the following conditions: | |||
* the accepted characters are letters (a-z), digits (0-9) and the hyphen (-); | |||
* the maximum length of not more than 63 characters; | |||
* it must not begin or end with the hyphen; or | |||
* contain two characters hyphens (--) in sequence.<ref name="rules"></ref> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 17:03, 9 November 2024
.tz is the ccTLD for Tanzania. It is managed by the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority.[1]
Rules and Restrictions[edit | edit source]
Registration directly under .tz is a premium domain name, and it is intended for registered business companies or entities.
The following names and/or uses for .tz have grounds for cancellation:
- it is identical or confusingly similar to a name whose right is recognised or established by national laws;
- it has been registered by a holder who has no rights or legitimate interest on it;
- it was registered primarily for the purpose of being sold to the person whose right is legally recognised or established in Tanzania;
- it has been registered for the purpose of preventing its real holder, who is legally recognized or established in Tanzania from reflecting that domain name in a corresponding domain name;
- it was registered primarily for the purpose of disrupting the business of a competitor;
- it was intentionally registered for attracting the Internet or website users for commercial gains by creating a likelihood of confusion with the domain name corresponding to a rightful holder who is legally recognised or established in Tanzania;
- it is a personal name for which there is no demonstrable link between the holder and the domain name registered;
- the information kept in relation to the domain name in the Central Registry is untrue, incomplete or misleading.[2]
Second-level Domains[edit | edit source]
Characters[edit | edit source]
The registered domain names shall maintain the following conditions:
- the accepted characters are letters (a-z), digits (0-9) and the hyphen (-);
- the maximum length of not more than 63 characters;
- it must not begin or end with the hyphen; or
- contain two characters hyphens (--) in sequence.[2]