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==History==
 
==History==
In 1996, management of the .la domain was initially delegated with a specific employee within the Lao government as the administrative contact.<ref name="redel">[https://www.iana.org/reports/2002/la-report-11dec02.html IANA Redelegation Report - .la], December 11, 2002</ref> After forming LANIC in 2002, the government of Laos requested and was granted redelegation of the .la ccTLD.<ref name="redel"> As part of that effort, LANIC entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with ICANN.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/minutes-2002-09-17-en#MOUforlaccTLD ICANN Board Minutes - Special Meeting of the Board], September 17, 2002</ref> LANIC joined the [[ccNSO]] in 2019.<ref>[https://ccnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-03apr19-en.htm ccNSO - .la joins the ccNSO], April 3, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://ccnso.icann.org/en/applications/archive/msg00381.html ccNSO Applications Archive - .la], March 23, 2019</ref><ref>There is a [https://ccnso.icann.org/en/applications/archive/msg00060.html much older application] for ccNSO membership, from just after the formation of the ccNSO in 2003, that does not appear to have been accepted at the time.</ref>
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In 1996, management of the .la domain was initially delegated with a specific employee within the Lao government as the administrative contact.<ref name="redel">[https://www.iana.org/reports/2002/la-report-11dec02.html IANA Redelegation Report - .la], December 11, 2002</ref> After forming LANIC in 2002, the government of Laos requested and was granted redelegation of the .la ccTLD.<ref name="redel" /> As part of that effort, LANIC entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with ICANN.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/minutes-2002-09-17-en#MOUforlaccTLD ICANN Board Minutes - Special Meeting of the Board], September 17, 2002</ref> LANIC joined the [[ccNSO]] in 2019.<ref>[https://ccnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-03apr19-en.htm ccNSO - .la joins the ccNSO], April 3, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://ccnso.icann.org/en/applications/archive/msg00381.html ccNSO Applications Archive - .la], March 23, 2019</ref><ref>There is a [https://ccnso.icann.org/en/applications/archive/msg00060.html much older application] for ccNSO membership, from just after the formation of the ccNSO in 2003, that does not appear to have been accepted at the time.</ref>
  
 
==.la and .ລາວ==
 
==.la and .ລາວ==

Revision as of 23:21, 8 March 2021

Industry: Registry.
Country: Laos
Email: admincontact [at] lanic.la
Website: www.la

The Lao National Internet Center (LANIC) is the sponsoring organization for the .la ccTLD, representing the Lao People's Democratic Republic (commonly known as Laos).[1] It also manages the internationalized domain for Laos, .ລາວ.[2] The organization provides administrative and technical registry functions.

History

In 1996, management of the .la domain was initially delegated with a specific employee within the Lao government as the administrative contact.[3] After forming LANIC in 2002, the government of Laos requested and was granted redelegation of the .la ccTLD.[3] As part of that effort, LANIC entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with ICANN.[4] LANIC joined the ccNSO in 2019.[5][6][7]

.la and .ລາວ

The .la domain is an Open Use ccTLD. It has been marketed as a "location hack" for "Los Angeles, Latin America or Louisiana" since late 2000.[3] In 2013, GoDaddy became involved in a similar marketing effort, this time specific to Los Angeles.[8] During that renewed marketing effort, the Phoenix Suns NBA franchise registered "beat.la," as a prelude to the playoff series between themselves and the Los Angeles Lakers in 2014.[9][10]

The .ລາວ domain completed the IDN Fast Track evaluation process in 2018,[11] and was delegated to LANIC on January 10, 2020.[12]

References