.me
Type: | Privately held |
Industry: | Domain Industry |
Founded: | 2010 |
Founder(s): | Ryan Freitas Tony Conrad |
Headquarters: | Džordža Vašingtona bb. (Zgrada tehničkih fakulteta), Podgorica, 81000 |
Country: | Montenegro |
Website: | www.domain.me |
Blog: | .Me |
Facebook: | .Me |
Twitter: | @dotme |
Key People | |
Predrag Lesic, CEO |
.me is a country code top level domain name (ccTLD) delegated to the Government of Montenegro under ISO-3166 standard. Montenegro is a European country with an estimated population of 700,000. On September 11, 2007, ICANN Board approved the delegation of the .me ccTLD to Montenegro and the operations at the time was handled by the Center of Information Systems (CIS) of the University of Montenegro. [1] [2]
On November 2007, the government of Montenegro issued a Request for Proposal in search for a registry operator capable of transforming the ,me ccTLD as a world-class domain space. ME-net d.o.o. doing business as .Me Registry with its partners Afilias Limited, GoDaddy.com, Inc., won the contract. Predrag Lesic serves as CEO of the company.[3] The new .me domain name space was relaunched and the Sunrise registration was held on July 17, 2008.[4]