National domain “.az” marks 20th anniversary

The Azerbaijani national domain .az is celebrating its 20th anniversary on August 23. SIA reports that Baku hosted a conference dedicated to the date and joined by international experts, including heads and representatives of Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and national domain administrators from Ukraine and Russia on the same day.

The .az domain began operating in August 1993. The cost of registration on the domain is 20 manats ($25). Annual cost of technical support costs the same amount.

Intrans, the first Internet service provider in Azerbaijan, was established in 1991 and is the first company in the country which started rendering high-quality services of Internet access. The company's website, www.az, was the first site on the national segment of the World Wide Web.

Azerbaijan was the second country in CIS -- next to Ukraine -- to have registered its national domain. Intrans, the administrator of the .az domain, has established cooperation with 5 local and 7 foreign registrars.

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