.asia

**.asia**

Introduced	2006
TLD type	Sponsored top-level domain
Status	Approved
Registry	Afilias
Sponsor	DotAsia Organisation
Intended use	As a regional domain for Asia and the Pacific
Actual use	Not in use yet, as the contract between ICANN and the DotAsia Organisation has yet to be finalized
Registration restrictions	Limited to legal entities in Asia/Australia/Pacific region
Structure	Registrations would be taken directly at second level
Documents	Proposal to ICANN
Dispute policies	UDRP; Charter Eligibility Dispute Resolution Policy; may also have local dispute policies for Asian countries based on their local ccTLD policy
Web site	DotAsia.org

.asia is a generic top-level domain sponsored by the DotAsia Organization, with the back-end registry operated by Afilias. It was approved by ICANN on 19 October, 2006 as a sponsored TLD. It will serve as a regional domain for companies, organisations, and individuals based in the region of Asia, Australia, and the Pacific.

The existent ccTLD of .as is reserved for American Samoa, although it admits foreign sites.

The sunrise period for .asia began on 9 October 2007, and full roll-out is planned for March 2008.

External links

Generic top-level domains
Unsponsored	.biz .com .edu .gov .info .int .mil .name .net .org
Sponsored	.aero .asia .cat .coop .jobs .mobi .museum .pro .tel .travel
Regional	.eu .asia
Infrastructure	.arpa .root
Proposed	locations: .berlin .lat .nyc children: .kid .kids language communities: .bzh .cym .gal .sco technical: .geo .mail .web other: .post .xxx
Deleted/retired	.nato
Reserved	.example .invalid .localhost .test
Pseudo-domains	.bitnet .csnet .ip .local .onion .uucp
Unofficial	see Alternative DNS roots
See also: Country code top-level domains

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