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    • .бел

    Country-code top-level domains

    Overview

    • .бел (transliteration: "bel") is the internationalized country code top-level domain (IDN ccTLD) for Belarus.
    • The string is expressed in the Cyrillic script and is intended for Cyrillic domain names and entities connected with Belarus.
    • Its ASCII-compatible (punycode) representation is .xn--90ais.

    History

    • June 12, 2014: An application for the string "бел" was submitted to the IDN Fast Track process.
    • August 26, 2014: The IDN Fast Track DNS Stability Panel review concluded the string posed low risk and approved it.
    • Late 2014 / September 2014: Activation/implementation of the domain was completed (delegation and root-zone activation occurred in this period).
    • 2015: .бел was delegated to Reliable Software, Inc.
    • August 25, 2021: An order appointed Belarusian Cloud Technologies LLC (beCloud) as the new technical administrator of the national domain zone, effective January 1, 2022.
    • December 29, 2021: beCloud initiated a transfer request for the .by and .бел TLDs.
    • Registered domains: 14,338 (data recorded 28 September 2020).

    Usage and Audience

    • Intended audience: entities connected with Belarus and Cyrillic-language websites.
    • Typical use: Cyrillic domain registrations for organizations, businesses, media and other local entities seeking a Belarus-specific Cyrillic web identity.
    • Administration: Managed alongside the country’s ASCII ccTLD .by; management moved to Belarusian Cloud Technologies LLC (beCloud) as part of the domain administration changes.

    Registration Rules

    • Eligibility and general rules: .бел is intended for Cyrillic domain names; for broader policy details registrants are referred to the national registry and the .by general rules.
    • Allowed characters:
      • Letters of the Russian and Belarusian alphabets (Cyrillic а–я)
      • Digits 0-9
      • Hyphen ("-") and apostrophe ("'")
    • Hyphen rules:
      • A domain name may not begin or end with a hyphen.
      • A domain name may not contain two hyphens in a row.
    • Length limits:
      • Minimum: 2 characters.
      • Maximum: the punycode-encoded name must not exceed 63 characters.

    Technical Notes

    • Punycode: the domain is encoded as xn--90ais in DNS (IDNA-compatible encoding).
    • Script: the label uses Cyrillic script and transliterates to "bel" in Latin characters.

    Operator

    Belarusian Cloud Technologies LLC

    Whois

    % IANA WHOIS server
% for more information on IANA, visit http://www.iana.org
% This query returned 1 object

domain:       бел
domain-ace:   XN--90AIS

organisation: Belarusian Cloud Technologies LLC
address:      C. Zetkin Str. 24, office 602
address:      Minsk 220004
address:      Belarus

contact:      administrative
name:         Head of Sector
organisation: The Operational and Analytical Center under the Aegis of the President of the Republic of Belarus
address:      49 Kirova Str.
address:      Minsk 220030
address:      Belarus
phone:        +375 17 3092473
fax-no:       +375 17 3636824
e-mail:       admin-c@oac.gov.by

contact:      technical
name:         General Director
organisation: Belarusian Cloud Technologies LLC
address:      C. Zetkin Str. 24, office 602
address:      Minsk 220004
address:      Belarus
phone:        +375 17 287 11 34
fax-no:       +375 17 287 11 01
e-mail:       info@cctld.by

nserver:      DNS1.TLD.BECLOUDBY.COM 2a00:c827:a:2:0:0:0:2 93.125.25.72
nserver:      DNS2.TLD.BECLOUDBY.TECH 2a00:c827:a:3:0:0:0:2 93.125.25.73
nserver:      DNS3.TLD.BECLOUDBY.TECH 185.98.83.4 2a01:ba80:e:c:1:0:0:4c
nserver:      DNS4.TLD.BECLOUDBY.TECH 2a0e:b81:8001:1001:0:0:0:2 31.44.1.137
nserver:      DNS7.TLD.BECLOUDBY.COM 31.44.5.245
ds-rdata:     43354 13 2 e3288fd293924279d5c2cddaac9875052d0d3cac2476f03cfd546ea512740699

whois:        whois.cctld.by

status:       ACTIVE
remarks:      Registration information: https://cctld.by

created:      2014-09-29
changed:      2025-01-09
source:       IANA

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