.et explained

.et
Introduced:	15 October 1995
Type:	Country code top-level domain
Status:	Active
Sponsor:	Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation
Intendeduse:	Entities connected with Ethiopia
Actualuse:	Has some limited use in Ethiopia
Restrictions:	Some second-level domains restricted to certain entities
Structure:	Registrations are made at the second- or third-level
Document:	Service agreement

.et is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Ethiopia. Ethiotelecom offer top-levels domains as second- and third-level domains.

Ethio Telecom, the state-owned telecommunication services provider of Ethiopia, is the registry operator of the domain, and is supported by the registry system developed by ZDNS, an internet infrastructure service provider from China.

Second-level domains

A number of second-level domains for Ethiopia exist:^[1]

• .com.et, for commercial companies.
• .gov.et, reserved for governmental organizations.
• .org.et, for non-profit organizations and non-governmental organizations.
• .edu.et, reserved for educational institutions.
• .net.et, for network-related companies.
• .name.et, for individuals.
• .mil.et, for the Ethiopian National Defense Force

External links

• IANA .et whois information

Notes and References

1. Web site: Domain Name Registration . 2014-06-16 . 2017-07-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170710170929/http://www.ethionet.et/?q=ipservicedomainname . dead .