.ec

.ec is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Ecuador . It was introduced on February 1, 1991 and is managed by the local company NICEC SA .

properties

Any natural or legal person may register an .ec domain, a place of residence or a branch in the country is not required. Only domains that violate the general moral principles of Ecuador, for example from the pornographic area, are prohibited . There are numerous second-level domains that can only be used by certain owners:

• .com.ec commercial company
• .info.ec general information
• .net.ec providers and internet companies
• .fin.ec financial company
• .med.ec medical institutions
• .pro.ec judges, architects and the like
• .org.ec non-profit organizations
• .edu.ec educational institutions
• .gob.ec Government of Ecuador
• .mil.ec Ecuador's military

The ending .gob.ec replaced the previously used ending .gov.ec in July 2010. Despite its free availability, .ec plays a comparatively small role internationally; the most expensive sale of an .ec domain ever known was casino.ec in 2007.

Web links

• Registrar's website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Delegation Record for .EC. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority , accessed September 13, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Properties of an .ec domain. united-domains , accessed on September 13, 2013 ("Features" tab). 
3. ↑ Domain Registration. (No longer available online.) NICEC, archived from the original on September 2, 2013 ; accessed on September 13, 2013 . 
4. ↑ Nuevo dominio gob.ec. (No longer available online.) NICEC, July 8, 2010, archived from the original on September 30, 2014 ; Retrieved September 13, 2013 (Spanish). 
5. ↑ .ec domain prices. In: domain-right. Retrieved September 13, 2013 .