Introduced | 1 February 1991 |
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TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
Status | Active |
Registry | EcuaNet |
Sponsor | NICEC |
Intended use | Entities connected with Ecuador |
Actual use | Popular in Ecuador |
Registered domains | 49,340 (2022-12-15) [1] |
Registration restrictions | Some third-level registrations have restrictions depending on second-level name they are within |
Structure | Registrations are made directly at the second level, or at third level beneath some second-level labels |
Documents | Policies |
Dispute policies | UDRP |
Registry website | nic.ec |
.ec is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Ecuador.
Registrations are made directly at the second level or at the third level beneath these names:
In November 2016, one of the mirror domains of Archive.is, "archive.ec", did not work for a period of 8 consecutive days due to a software bug in the .ec registry. [2]
Telecommunications in Ecuador include telephone, radio, television, and the Internet.
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