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Top-level Internet domain for Belize August 2023 August 2023 the top-level domain the file extension bzip2 .bz #CCF DotBZ domain logo.png 1991 9 3 Country code top-level domain Active Belize Network Information Center (managed by University Management Ltd University of Belize Entities connected with Belize Used for a random assortment of sites, many not in Belize None Registrations can be made directly at the second level as well as at the third level beneath various second level labels UDRP Belizenic yes .bz is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Belize. It is administered by the University of Belize. Usage At one point, .bz domains were being marketed by an American company as standing for "business", and that company took legal action against ICANN in an attempt to block the .biz domain as "unfair competition".2007-11-22 http://www.icann.org/tlds/correspondence/esi-v-icann-13nov00.htm Order in Economic Solutions, Inc. v. ICANN 2000-09-13 ICANN https://web.archive.org/web/20071221065125/http://www.icann.org/tlds/correspondence/esi-v-icann-13nov00.htm 2007-12-21 live Currently, the registry is in Belize, administered by the University of Belize in Belmopan..bz Domain Delegation Data https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/bz.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20080719234945/http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/bz.html 2008-07-19 2026-05-23 Internet Assigned Numbers Authority It is still marketing the domain outside the country as "meaning business". Internationalized domains with a wide assortment of non-ASCII characters are also available.About BZ NIC http://www.belizenic.bz/about.php dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090429032820/http://www.belizenic.bz/about.php 2009-04-29 Belize Network Information Center Domains There are some second-level domains in use, however these are not requiredMay 2025: DomainIntended purpose.com.bzCommercial .edu.bzEducational .gov.bzGovernment.net.bzNetworking.org.bzOrganisations It also might have use for typosquatting for misspellings of .biz domains. Domain hack Many websites in Italy use this domain, because of the abbreviation of Bolzano, the capital of the province of South Tyrol, and the fact that the official abbreviation of the province is BZ. Many websites use the Italian subdomain .bz.it. Servers for the open source game BZFlag often use names ending in .bz. See also Internet in Belize References External links IANA .bz whois information ICANN advisory about lawsuit .bz Requirements and FAQs Internet in Category:Country code top-level domains Category:Telecommunications in Belize Category:Internet properties established in 1991 sv:Toppdomän#B