.ma is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Morocco administered and regulated by ANRT.
A local registrar with a local Moroccan company or a foreign company with a legal representative is needed to register a .ma or .co.ma domain name. Further restrictions are imposed on the registering of other second-level domains (such as .ac.ma or .gov.ma).
History In 1993, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) approved a request for delegation of the .ma ccTLD for administrative and technical contact to École Mohammadia d'ingénieurs.
Two years later, in 1995, the technical management of the .ma domain was taken over by Office national des postes et télécommunications (now Maroc Telecom), who remains the technical maintainer.
On 12 May 2006, IANA redesignated the administrative and technical contact for the domain, and made the Agence nationale de réglementation des télécommunications (ANRT) the only official registrar for the .ma ccTLD.
Starting from early 2015, the ANRT took official control of .ma and launched new automatic provisioning, followed by the activation and implementation of DNSSEC a year later.
Second-level domains (ccSLDs)
.ma has second-level domains (or ccSLDs) available for registration, but some (like .gov.ma or .ac.ma) are restricted and unavailable for public use:
Second-level domain Intended usage Public Availability Non-restricted .co.ma Commercial entities & businesses .net.ma Network providers & technology sectors .org.ma Organisations and Associations Restricted .ac.ma Educational institutions & universities, requires approval .gov.ma Restricted to government agencies & institutions .press.ma Press and newsletters, requires approval from authorities
Pricing
Base pricing (in Moroccan dirham) of .ma domains is set and determined by decision ANRT/DG/n° 12-14 and depends on the length of the renewal period, though registrar pricing differs from the base price: Number of years Domain registration/renewal tariff (exc. VAT) 1 100 MAD 2 190 MAD 3 270 MAD 4 340 MAD 5 400 MAD
Second top-level domain A second top-level domain will be used for Morocco intended for domain names in the local language using Arabic characters. The string المغرب. has been registered and approved for this purpose, and was delegated to Morocco in April 2011, but it is not yet active and second-level domains have not been granted.
References
External links IANA .ma whois information ANRT Registry website List of .MA Domain registrars .MA Domain whois
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