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Internet country code top-level domain for Mexico
February 2015
.mx Domain .mx.svg 1 February 1989 Country code top-level domain Active Yes NIC México ITESM Entities connected with Mexico No nexus or presence requirement is enforced, but most use is in Mexico 1,339,046 2022-12-19 2022-12-19 Number of domain names registered under .MX per day https://www.dominios.mx/instant-statistics-2/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20221219204555/https://www.dominios.mx/instant-statistics-2/ 2022-12-19 2022-12-19 Dominios.mx None for .mx nor .com.mx; other subdomains may have restrictions Second-level registrations after October 31, 2009; registration at third level beneath generic-category second-level domains LDRP NIC México Dominios.mx
.mx is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Mexico, which in 2009 was re-opened to new registrations by NIC México.http://www.registry.mx/jsf/news_list/search/info.jsf?Id=24&type=1¤tNewsType=0 NIC Mexico announces the phases for the re-opening of domain name registrations directly under .MX. 2009-02-10 www.registry.mx - NIC México 2009-03-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20090522004210/http://www.registry.mx/jsf/news_list/search/info.jsf?Id=24&type=1¤tNewsType=0 22 May 2009 live In 2009, the .mx ccTLD was rolled out in three steps:http://www.nic.mx/es/Noticias_2?NEWS=313 NIC México anuncia las etapas de la reapertura de dominios directamente bajo .MX. 2009-02-10 www.nic.mx - NIC México es 2009-02-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20090214124906/http://nic.mx/es/Noticias_2?NEWS=313 14 February 2009 dead
Sunrise period from 1 May to 31 July 2009, waiting period, registrants who have already registered any other .MX second-level domain were able to register their domain for one year
Waiting period from 1 August to 31 August 2009, to set up the domains registered in the Sunrise period, and to resolve domain name disputes
Initial registration period from 1 September to 31 October 2009; in this part the registration will be done with the policy first-come, first-served and only for one year with a special set of prices.2009 12 31
After the three phases, .mx registrations were opened to the public.
Second-level domains
Up until August 2009, domain registrations besides .MX consisted of third-level names beneath second-level names which parallel some of the top-level domains:
.com.mx: Commercial entities (actually unrestricted, like .com)
.net.mx: Network providers (registration limited to qualifying entities)
.org.mx: Non-profit organizations (registration limited to qualifying entities)
.ngo.mx: Non-profit organizations or Civil society organizations (registration NOT limited to qualifying entities)
.edu.mx: Educational institutions (registration limited to qualifying entities)
.gob.mx: Federal, State or Municipal Governmental entities only (.gob derives from the Spanish word for government: "Gobierno")
Currently second level domains can be registered directly under .mx.June 2022
On 30 April 2009, second level domain registrations were 0.06% of the total. A month later the value was up to 4.9% On 30 April 2010, second level registrations were 21.4% of the total.Estadísticas mensuales https://www.registry.mx/jsf/domain_statistics/monthly/info.jsf Registry.mx May 11, 2010 es dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120430022524/https://www.registry.mx/jsf/domain_statistics/monthly/info.jsf?lng=es 2012-04-30
See also
Mexico
Internet in Mexico
References
External links
IANA .mx whois information
Official .MX Registry site
Internet in
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