.tz

ccTLD
Type	ccTLD
Country
Implemented	July 14, 1995
Registry	Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority
Websites	karibu.tz

.tz is the ccTLD for Tanzania. It is managed by the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority.

Rules and Restrictions

Registration directly under .tz is a premium domain name, and it is intended for registered business companies or entities.

The following names and/or uses for .tz have grounds for cancellation:

• it is identical or confusingly similar to a name whose right is recognised or established by national laws;
• it has been registered by a holder who has no rights or legitimate interest on it;
• it was registered primarily for the purpose of being sold to the person whose right is legally recognised or established in Tanzania;
• it has been registered for the purpose of preventing its real holder, who is legally recognized or established in Tanzania from reflecting that domain name in a corresponding domain name;
• it was registered primarily for the purpose of disrupting the business of a competitor;
• it was intentionally registered for attracting the Internet or website users for commercial gains by creating a likelihood of confusion with the domain name corresponding to a rightful holder who is legally recognised or established in Tanzania;
• it is a personal name for which there is no demonstrable link between the holder and the domain name registered;
• the information kept in relation to the domain name in the Central Registry is untrue, incomplete or misleading.

Second-level Domains

The following second-level domains are available:

• .co.tz: for any entity including registered companies or business entities.
• .or.tz: for non-profit organizations;
• .go.tz: restricted domain for Tanzania Government entities as recognized through parliament or on production of a letter from relevant Permanent Secretary of the relevant government Ministry where the registrant belongs;
• .ac.tz: restricted domain for tertiary academic or technical institutions with relevant accreditation;
• .ne.tz: for network of people or hardware;
• .mil.tz: restricted domain for Tanzania Military entities recognized by the Ministry responsible for Defence;
• .sc.tz: restricted domain for schools that are elementary, primary and secondary level institutions;
• .info.tz: for domains that provide information on a particular subject;
• .tv.tz: for use by content curators, filmmakers and TV stations;
• .mobi.tz: for mobile solutions creators and providers;
• .hotel.tz: for accommodation and hospitality providers; and
• .me.tz: for individuals.

Characters

The registered domain names shall maintain the following conditions:

• the accepted characters are letters (a-z), digits (0-9) and the hyphen (-);
• the maximum length of not more than 63 characters;
• it must not begin or end with the hyphen; or
• contain two characters hyphens (--) in sequence.

Country code top-level domain. Determined by "ISO 3166-1: Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions — Part 1: Country codes".