LANIC
| 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
- ↑ IANA Root Database - .la
- ↑ IANA Delegation Report - .ລາວ, January 10, 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 IANA Redelegation Report - .la, December 11, 2002
- ↑ ICANN Board Minutes - Special Meeting of the Board, September 17, 2002
- ↑ ccNSO - .la joins the ccNSO, April 3, 2019.
- ↑ ccNSO Applications Archive - .la, March 23, 2019
- ↑ There is a 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.
- ↑ Domain Name Wire - .la gets GoDaddy's Marketing Power, July 8, 2013.
- ↑ Beat.la
- ↑ Domain Name Wire - Beat.la gets about 100,000 pageviews in two weeks, August 15, 2013
- ↑ ICANN.org - Completed Fast Track String Evaluations
- ↑ IANA Delegation Report - .ລາວ, January 10, 2020.