.gw

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.gw
DotGW domain logo.svg
TLD type Country code top-level domain
StatusActive
Registry Associação DNS.PT
SponsorAutoridade Reguladora Nacional – Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação da Guiné-Bissau
Intended useEntities connected with Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau
Actual usePublic Registration
Registration restrictionsNo pornography
StructureMay register at second level
Registry website NIC.GW

.gw is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Guinea-Bissau.

The .gw country code top-level domain was delegated multiple times to different entities.

The domain was introduced to the root zone on 4 February 1997, and management of it was most recently delegated by IANA to ARN (Autoridade Reguladora Nacional – Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação da Guiné-Bissau) on 10 July 2014.

The .gw domain name was launched to public registration in November 2014 with the technical help of Associação DNS.PT (Registry of .PT ccTLD).


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