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.ae is the
The
.xn--mgbaam7a8h
in PunycodeSecond and third level domain registrations
The domain ae
is administered by the
Re-delegation of .ae
The .AE domain was originally delegated to UUNET. Recognising the domain should be administered in the country, the domain was transferred in 1995 to
During
On 3 August 2008, the .aeDA took over the DNS and launched their services with the new registry system which supports registry–registrar model. Currently the .aeDA has accredited eight
The .ae is the first
Accredited registrars
As of 6 December 2020, there are 22 accredited registrars:[1]
- Lexsynergy
- Etisalat
- Du
- Ascio
- Instra Corporation
- Mark Monitor
- Corporation Service Company (Singapore)
- BUZINESSWARE
- AEserver
- InterNetworX
- CPS-Datensysteme
- Safenames
- Internetx
- 101Domain
- Host Arabia t/a Tasjeel.ae[2]
- Abu-Ghazaleh
- Marcaria
- BB-Online
- DREAMSCAPE
- EPAG
Transfer between registrars
Registrants (domain name holders) can transfer their domains from one registrar to another provided that they obtain a domain name password. Domain name passwords can be recovered online through .aeDA's website password-recovery.aeda.net.ae. After obtaining this password, registrants can supply this password to the gaining registrar who will be able to transfer it directly without dealing with the losing registrar. Losing registrars are prohibited from charging a fee when a domain transfer occur; however gaining registrars may do so.
Domain name pricing
.ae domain name retail prices ranges from 30 USD to 200 USD depending on the provider and the level of support and services provided with the domain name.
The .ae registration prices have noticeably dropped since the introduction of .aeDA. Prior to 3 August 2008, .ae domains were offered by
After .aeDA's go-live in August 2008, .ae registration price declined to as low as 30 USD with international registrars.
Domain name count
On 16-Sep-2012 aeDA made an announcement on reaching the 100,000 registration mark in domain names.[3] During Gitex2008, .aeDA domain name counter showed over 90,000 domain names currently held in the registry, making it the largest ccTLD registry in the Arab region. As of May 2023, there are more than 300,000+ domains in the zone.
IDN and Arabic domain names
On 2 March 2009, The UAE's Ministerial Council for Services passed a proposal by the
During ICANN meeting no. 35 (21–26 June 2009) in Sydney, .aeDA representatives mentioned that aeDA's EPP-based registry system is fully compatible with IDN protocols and guidelines.
In January 2010 ICANN announced that the UAE IDN ccTLD (DNS name: xn—mgbaam7a8h, امارات) was one of the first four new IDN ccTLDs to have passed the Fast Track String Evaluation within the domain application process.[5]
ENUM of UAE (+971)
.aeDA, the registry operator of .ae is also the official operator for UAE ENUM Space (971). The ENUM space was redelegated from the incumbent operator
References
- ^ "Accredited Registrars / aeDA Accredited Registrars List". .aeDA. 2015-04-26. Archived from the original on 2008-08-07.
- ^ "Tasjeel.ae / Durraq New Local Accredited Registrar with .aeDA". .aeDA. 2010-10-20. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
- ^ aeDA. "(.ae) Domain Administration Celebrates 100,000 Registrations Mark". Archived from the original on 2016-04-09. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
- ^ UAEinteract.com. "Ministerial Council passes UAE domain in Arabic UAE – The Official Web Site – News". Archived from the original on 2009-06-04. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
- ^ "First IDN ccTLDs Requests Successfully Pass String Evaluation". ICANN. 2010-01-21.