| Introduced | 2010 |
|---|---|
| TLD type | Internationalised country code top-level domain |
| Status | Sunrise Period |
| Registry | .aeDA[1] |
| Sponsor | Telecommunications Regulatory Authority |
| Intended use | Entities connected with  United Arab Emirates |
| Actual use | Getting popular in UAE |
| Registered domains | ~200 (Oct 2010)[2] |
| Registration restrictions | Arabic script[3] |
| Documents | dotEmarat Domain Name Policy |
| Dispute policies | UAE Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy |
| DNS name | xn--mgbaam7a8h |
| Registry website | عربي.امارات |
The Arabic name امارات, romanized as emarat,[4] is the internationalized country code top-level domain for the United Arab Emirates.[5] The ASCII name of this domain in the Domain Name System of the Internet is xn--mgbaam7a8h, using the Internationalizing Domain Names in Applications (IDNA) procedure in the translation of the Unicode representation of the script version. The domain was installed in the Domain Name System on 5 May 2010.[6]
The first second-level sub domain is عربي.امارات which is transliterated as arabi.emarat.[4]
The United Arab Emirates is also assigned the country code top-level domain .ae.
The dotEmarat Sunrise Period started from 17 October 2010 for a duration of 2 months, ending on 15 December 2010.[7] This period was exclusively for all registered trademark owners to apply for a dotEmarat domain name.
References
- ↑ .aeDA – Domain Administration
- ↑ "Gulfnews Press, 198 government agencies sign on to 'dotEmarat'". Archived from the original on 7 November 2010. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ↑ .aeDA – Domain Administration
- 1 2 ausregistry, First .emarat Arabic script domain name is live! Archived 22 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine, 7 May 2010
- ↑ IDN News
- ↑ First IDN ccTLDs available, ICANN announcement, 2010-05-05
- ↑ "TRA Opens the door for Trademarks to Apply for Arabic Top-Level Domain Name (dotEmarat)". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2010.