.om

.om is the ccTLD for Oman. It is managed by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA).

Delegation History

The .om top-level domain was initially delegated in 1996 to the General Telecommunications Organization of Oman. The organisation was renamed to Oman Telecommunications Company (Omantel).

The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) was formed in 2002. The TRA was created to regulate the establishment, operation and maintenance of telecommunications services in Oman. The mandate of the TRA was extended by Royal Decree No. 64/2007 to "organize, allocate and manage the domain names to access the world wide web."

In April 2011, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Oman presented an application to ICANN for redelegation of the .om top-level domain, which was granted on August 05, 2011.

Rules and Restrictions

The registration of the directly under .om shall be made available to the Omani nationals, the state's administrative apparatus units, other public juristic persons, foreign embassies in the Sultanate of Oman, enterprises and companies, civil or professional associations and trade unions, and the non-profit organizations licensed to exercise their activities by the competent authorities in Oman.

It might be allowed that non-Omanis, enterprises or companies from abroad to register the .om second-level domain name directly in accordance with the conditions and the measures issued by the Authority.

Second-level Domains

To register a domain name under:

• .co.om and .com.om: the applicant is required to be a commercial enterprise or company licensed to exercise its activities in Oman. The Authority may allow enterprises and companies from abroad to register a domain name under these domains in accordance with the conditions and measures issued by the Authority;
• .edu.om: the applicant is required to be a government or private educational institution approved by the competent authorities in Oman;
• .gov.om: the applicant is required to be one of the state's administrative apparatus units and other public juristic persons;
• .org.om: the applicant is required to be a public utility organization, such as civil or professional associations, trade unions, or non-profit organizations licensed to exercise their activities by the competent authorities in Oman;
• .museum.om: the applicant is required to be one of the state's administrative apparatus units and other public juristic persons specialized in museum management, or a private entity duly licensed by the competent authorities in Oman;
• .me.om: the applicant is required to be an Omani national or a resident in Oman;
• .med.om: the applicant is required to be a government or private health enterprise licensed to exercise its activities in Oman.

Characters

A domain name under the top-level .om is made up of a set of Latin alphabets of not less than (2) two and not exceeding (63) sixty-three letters, or its equivalence of Latin alphabets and numbers. The domain name may include a hyphen (-) provided that it is not located at the beginning or the end of the name. It is also allowed the registration of a domain name that is made up of only one Latin alphabet or its equivalent single number.

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