.bn
.bn is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Brunei. It is managed by the Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry of Brunei Darussalam (AITI).[1]
Delegation History[edit | edit source]
The .bn top-level domain was first delegated in 1994 to Jabatan Telekom Brunei, the telecommunications operator at the time serving under the Ministry of Communications at the time.
In 2006, a restructure of JBT formed the Telekom Brunei Berhad (TelBru) and the Authority for info-communications Technology Industry (AITI) of Brunei Darussalam.. In this restructure, TelBru was named a successor company to JBT. The purpose was to segregate the service provider and the regulatory function. The .bn TLD managers then requested an update to the IANA Root Zone Database to update the sponsoring organization name to Telekom Brunei Berhad (TelBru).
Under the Constitution of Brunei Darussalam (Order under section 83(3)), the Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry of Brunei Darussalam (AITI) has the power to “promote the use of the Internet and electronic commerce and to establish regulatory frameworks for that purpose”. Under the Second Schedule of the AITI Order 2001, AITI has the power “to authorize or regulate the registration, administration and management of domain names in Brunei Darussalam”.
TelBru, together with AITI, have been serving as the service provider and regulatory authority for .bn since 2006. In 2012, AITI developed the overall policies, frameworks and guidelines to enhance the management of .bn domain names in Brunei Darussalam. These policies were then put through a public consultation in September 2012 and were well received by the local community. Subsequently in 2013, AITI created a new private entity “Burnei Darussalam Network Information Centre Sdn Bhd (BNNIC)” to act as the proposed new registry for .bn. BNNIC and AITI then called for an open tender to design and build a robust technical and transfer plan to manage .bn.
Following the completion of technical and transfer plans, BNNIC commenced a request to ICANN for the redelegation of the .bn top-level domain on 24 May 2014, which was conceded.[2]