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.zm

Internet country code top-level domain for Zambia

Field	Value
name	.zm
introduced	25 March 1994
type	Country code top-level domain
status	Active
registry	Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority
sponsor	Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority
intendeduse	Entities connected with
Zambia
actualuse	Gets some use in Zambia, although .com is more widely used.
restrictions	Legal entities with a presence in Zambia.
structure	Registrations are made at the third level beneath established sub-domains; registered ISPs can register at the second level, although there are some unexplained exceptions to this rule.
website	[ZICTA](https://www.zicta.zm)

Zambia

.zm is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Zambia. Registrants of .zm domains must "have a presence in Zambia".

Second-level domains

Registrants are required to register domains at the third level under an existing second-level domain (SLD). There are eleven second-level domains:

ac.zm: Academic institutions
biz.zm: Businesses
co.zm: Commercial entities
com.zm: Commercial entities
edu.zm: Academic institutions
gov.zm: Government
info.zm: "Information"
mil.zm: Zambian military
net.zm: Networks
org.zm: Non-commercial organizations
sch.zm: Schools

The designations above are assumed based on observed practices and standard conventions, as ZICTA (the ccTLD registry) do not maintain online documentation codifying this. Most entities will generally register either a .co.zm or .org.zm domain, if they choose to use the ccTLD rather than a generic top-level domain.

The one documented exception to the requirement to register at the third level is that "registered ISPs" may register at the second level—e.g., zamtel.zm. However, there are several undocumented variances to this rule—e.g., the Bank of Zambia's domain is boz.zm, and the regulator (ZICTA) operates under zicta.zm.

Registrars

ISPs are required to be registered with ZICTA, and only registered ISPs may be accredited as registrars. ZICTA lists ISPs on their website.

References

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