International Domain Registration

Cocos (Keeling) Islands International domain names Cocos (Keeling) Islands (.cc):

Restrictions: Cocos (Keeling) Islands domains, None

.cc is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Cocos (Keeling) Islands, an Australian territory. It is administered by VeriSign through a subsidiary company eNIC, which promotes it for international registration as "the next .com"; .cc was originally assigned October 1997 to eNIC Corporation of Seattle WA by the IANA.

With the help of SamsDirect Internet, eNIC managed and marketed the top level domain with great success to become the "second largest TLD registry in the United States second only to Verisign" according to Brian Cartmell, founder and CEO of eNIC whotestified before the United States Senate in regard to The Governance of the Domain Name System by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers on February 4, 2001. Much of the success of the domain sales came as a direct result of Sams entering into a deal with the largest radio broadcaster in the United States, Clear Channel (CC) Communications, to advertise and promote the domain on several hundred radio stations over a three month period.

Registration is made directly at second-level.

The .co.cc domain is not an official hierarchy; it is merely a standard domain like any other and is used for a free URL redirection service.

Background Information :

Population

2004 estimate 628 (n/a) - Density n/a/km2 (n/a) n/a/sq mi

Area

Total 14 km2 5.3 sq mi - Water (%) 0

International Dialling Code

61 891

Currency

Australian dollar (AUD)

Government

Federal constitutional monarchy - Queen Elizabeth II - Administrator Neil Lucas - Shire President Mohammad Said Chongkin Territory of Australia - Annexed by British Empire 1857 - Transferred to Australian control 1955

Language

English (de facto)

Time Zone

(UTC+6รป)The Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, also called Cocos Islands and Keeling Islands, is a territory of Australia. There are two atolls and twenty-seven coral islands in the group. The islands are located in the Indian Ocean, about halfway between Australia and Sri Lanka. (Coordinates are 12 30 S, 96 50 E.)


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