.td

Overview

• .td is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Chad. The letters "td" derive from the French name of the country, Tchad.
• Introduced and active since 3 November 1997.
• Administered by NIC.td and managed by l'Agence de Développement des Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication (ADETIC).
• Intended for entities connected with Chad; it sees use primarily in Chad and some limited external use.

History

• 3 November 1997: .td was made available for use (delegated in 1997).
• 1997: Delegated to Telecommunications Internationales du Tchad (TIT).
• 2000: Management changed to Société des télécommunications du Tchad (SOTEL TCHAD) following telecom-sector restructuring.
• 14 March 2017: ADETIC was created by Act No 012/PR/2014; its mission includes management of the .td domain.
• 1 April 2017: An ordinance transferred management of the .td TLD from SOTEL TCHAD to ADETIC.
• 15 September 2017: IANA received and granted the request to transfer management of .td to ADETIC.

Usage and Audience

• Typical users:
  • Government and state entities
  • Commercial companies and financial institutions
  • Non-governmental and nonprofit organizations
  • Educational, health, tourism, and public enterprises
• Registered domains: 876 (reported as of July 2017).
• Registrations are structured at the third level beneath designated second-level domains tailored to different sectors.

Registration Rules

• Registrations are made at the third level beneath specific second-level domains (SLDs). Common SLDs and their intended uses include:
  • .presid.td — reserved for the Presidency
  • .gouv.td — government and state entities
  • .com.td — commercial companies, financial and industrial entities
  • .org.td — NGOs, non-profit organizations, associations
  • .nat.td — public enterprises, national institutes/agencies
  • .tourism.td — tourism operators, museums, national parks
  • .info.td — information providers, news media
  • .net.td — telecommunications operators and networks
  • .sante.td — health establishments (hospitals, dispensaries)
  • .edu.td — educational institutions
  • .agri.td — Ministry of Agriculture structures, research establishments
  • .ordr.td — professional orders
• Restrictions: generally none; local presence is not required. Some subdomains have specific eligibility restrictions corresponding to their intended use.
• Dispute policy: UDRP is listed as the dispute-resolution policy.
• Registry status: the registry is NIC.td under ADETIC. (As of November 2024, the official registry page indicated by IANA was reported as not loading.)

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domain:       TD

organisation: l'Agence de Développement des Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication (ADETIC)
address:      Rue du Colonel Hassan Moursal Kourda
address:      P.O. Box 240
address:      N'Djamena
address:      Chad

contact:      administrative
name:         Ingenieur en Réseaux Telecoms
organisation: ADETIC
address:      Rue du Colonel Hassan Moursal Kourda
address:      P.O. Box 240
address:      N'Djamena
address:      Chad
phone:        +235 63 31 90 90
e-mail:       abatcha.moussa@adetic.td

contact:      technical
name:         Chef de Service Gestion du Noms de Domaines et des Adresses IP
organisation: ADETIC
address:      Rue du Colonel Hassan Moursal Kourda
address:      P.O. Box 240
address:      N'Djamena
address:      Chad
phone:        +235 66 86 55 86
e-mail:       batran.mahamat@adetic.td

nserver:      ANYCASTDNS1.NIC.TD 185.38.108.108 2a00:fea0:dead:0:0:0:0:beef
nserver:      ANYCASTDNS2.NIC.TD 185.28.194.194
nserver:      NS-TD.AFRINIC.NET 196.216.168.31 2001:43f8:120:0:0:0:0:31
nserver:      PCH.NIC.TD 2001:500:14:6129:ad:0:0:1 204.61.216.129

whois:        whois.nic.td

status:       ACTIVE
remarks:      Registration information: http://www.nic.td

created:      1997-11-03
changed:      2024-07-18
source:       IANA