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    • .gw

    Country-code top-level domainsDNSSEC

    Overview

    • .gw is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Guinea-Bissau.
    • The letters "gw" derive from the country's name in Fula, Gine-Bisaawo.
    • Intended use: entities connected with Guinea-Bissau; the domain is available for public registration and may be registered at the second level.
    • Official website: https://nic.gw/

    History

    • Introduced to the DNS root zone on 4 February 1997.
    • The .gw delegation has changed hands multiple times; management was delegated by IANA to ARN (Autoridade Reguladora Nacional – Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação da Guiné-Bissau) on 10 July 2014.
    • The domain was launched for public registration in November 2014 with technical assistance from Associação DNS.PT (the .PT registry).
    • Registry / sponsorship information in sources lists ARN as the national regulator and Associação DNS.PT providing technical/registry support.

    Usage and Audience

    • Intended for entities connected with Guinea-Bissau.
    • Actual use: public registrations (open to registrants under the registry's rules).

    Registration Rules

    • General requirements:
      • Registrations must not infringe third-party rights or correspond to prohibited names.
      • May be registered at the second level.
      • The registry publishes specific "Regras do Registo de Domínios" governing allowed and prohibited names.
    • Prohibited names (selection from registry rules):
      • Names contrary to law, public order, or good morals (including pornography — explicitly disallowed in registry notes).
      • Names that match any Internet top-level domain.
      • Names that could mislead about ownership or coincide with well-known brands of others.
      • Names corresponding to protocols, applications, or Internet terminologies as defined by IETF.
      • Geographical names, including ISO alpha-3 codes, country/territory names recognized by UNESCO, names of cities/regions (national or widely known foreign place names), rivers, mountains, neighborhoods, historic areas where notable/relevant.
    • Allowed characters and length:
      • Length: between 2 and 63 characters.
      • Characters: letters a–z, digits 0–9, and the following accented characters: á, à, â, ã, é, ê, í, ó, ô, õ, ú.
      • Syntax rule: cannot contain two consecutive hyphens in the third and fourth positions.

    Notable Technical/Administrative Notes

    • IANA maintains a delegation record for .gw and lists ARN as the authority responsible for the ccTLD.
    • The public launch in 2014 involved technical collaboration with Associação DNS.PT (the Portuguese ccTLD registry).

    Operator

    Autoridade Reguladora Nacional - Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação da Guiné-Bissau

    Whois

    % IANA WHOIS server
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domain:       GW

organisation: Autoridade Reguladora Nacional - Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação da Guiné-Bissau
address:      Avenida Domingos Ramos
address:      Praça Ernesto Che Guevara
address:      Bissau 1372
address:      Guinea-Bissau

contact:      administrative
name:         Davi Severiano Goia Cabral D'almada
organisation: Autoridade Reguladora Nacional - Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação da Guiné-Bissau
address:      Enterramento, Traseiros do Hospital Militar
address:      Bissau 1372
address:      Guinea-Bissau
phone:        +245 955400003
e-mail:       d.almada@arn.gw

contact:      technical
name:         Assis Neves Guerreiro
organisation: Associação DNS.PT (DNS.PT)
address:      Rua Latino Coelho, no.13, 5 piso
address:      Lisboa 1050-132
address:      Portugal
phone:        +351 211308200
fax-no:       +351 211312720
e-mail:       assis.guerreiro@dns.pt

nserver:      GW01.DNS.PT 185.39.208.19 2a04:6d80:0:0:0:0:0:19
nserver:      GW03.DNS.PT 2001:500:14:6114:ad:0:0:1 204.61.216.114
nserver:      H.DNS.PT 194.146.106.138 2001:67c:1010:35:0:0:0:53
ds-rdata:     31518 10 2 cae77fe2299b3a08a4c78b400327c2a62bf65421d4bd98836228800c3b0722aa

whois:        

status:       ACTIVE
remarks:      Registration information: 

created:      1997-02-04
changed:      2022-07-11
source:       IANA

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