registry headquarters trondheim norway area served norway services . no revenue nok 23.1 million 2009 1 operating income nok 6.6 million 2009 1 profit nok 4.8 million 2009 1 parent uninett website www.norid.no uninett norid as trading as norid is the domain name registry for the three norwegian country code top level domains cctld . no . sj and . bv . the non profit company is based in trondheim where it shares offices with its parent company uninett ; both companies being owned by the norwegian ministry of education and research . norid operates under contract with the internet assigned numbers authority supervised by the norwegian post and telecommunications authority . uninett took over responsibility for the norwegian domain in 1987 and in 2003 it was spun off as a separate company . only . no is open for registration . contents 1 history 2 organization 3 policy 4 references 4.1 bibliography history edit the registry for . no was in 1983 given to p l spilling at the norwegian telecommunications administration s research institute . however policy makers wanted the domain to be managed by a non commercial organization and the responsibility was transferred to uninett a supplier of information and communications technology to norwegian public universities colleges and research institutions 2 on 17 march 1987 . 3 at the time uninett was administrated as a division of sintef but became a limited company owned by the norwegian ministry of education and research in 1993 . norid was established as a division within uninett in 1996 with the responsibility of managing the . no domain . 2 on 21 august 1997 norid was given the responsibility for the newly created . sj and . bv domains . 4 5 in 1998 uninett fas was established as a subsidiary to manage the technical network and service infrastructure uninett had established including operation of the network systems for the universities and colleges . at the same time norid was transferred to uninett fas . in 1998 two organizations were established the domain resolution body to determine domain disputes and norpol a political advisory board . 2 domain name registrars were introduced in 1999 to handle aspects that could be provided by a third party . 6 uninett norid was made a separate subsidiary of uninett in 2003 to secure the management of the domains within an independent organization . 7 organization edit uninett norid as is a limited company wholly owned by uninett a subsidiary of the norwegian ministry of education and research . the offices are co located with uninett in trondheim . 8 norid manages three country cctlds . no . sj and . bv . the former is the main domain for norway and the latter two are not open for registration . 9 the legal right to manage the domains is two fold based both on an agreement with the internet assigned numbers authority iana and regulations via the telecommunication act which is supervised by the norwegian post and telecommunications authority . 10 in 2009 the company had a revenue of 23.1 million norwegian krone . 1 norid is a member of the council of european national top level domain registries . 11 policy edit the policy for use of the domains is regulated by the regulation concerning domain names under norwegian country code top level domains also known as the domain regulation . this regulation also regulates . bv and . sj and would be effective for these should they later come unto use . 12 only organizations with a local presence in norway and with registration in the br nn ysund register centre are allowed to register domains under . no . each organization can register 100 directly under the . no domain but can register further domains under geographical domains or category second level domains . 13 domain names must consist of 2 to 63 characters . permitted characters are the lower case english letters a through z digits 0 through 9 the three norwegian letter and and 20 special sami letters . norid also maintains a series of second level domains for geographic locations and special institutions . there is also a series of domain names that can not be registered . 14 the domains . bv and . sj remain reserved for potential future use . sale of the two unused cctlds has not been an item to consider for policymakers as commercialization of the domain resources is in direct contradiction to norwegian policy . 9 references edit a b c d uninett norid as in norwegian . proff . retrieved 7 september 2010 . a b c norwegian post and telecommunications authority 2002 25 delegation record for . no . internet assigned numbers authority . 13 november 2009 . retrieved 5 september 2010 . delegation record for . sj . internet assigned numbers authority . 13 november 2009 . retrieved 5 september 2010 . delegation record for . bv . internet assigned numbers authority . 13 november 2009 . retrieved 5 september 2010 . norwegian post and telecommunications authority 2002 22 uninetts historie in norwegian . uninett . retrieved 7 september 2010 . about norid . norid . 3 august 2010 . retrieved 5 september 2010 . a b the . bv and . sj top level domains . norid . 3 august 2010 . retrieved 5 september 2010 . norwegian post and telecommunications authority 2002 26 members . council of european national top level domain registries . retrieved 7 september 2010 . norwegian post and telecommunications authority 2002 42 about the policy for the . no . norid . retrieved 19 february 2012 . domain name policy for . no . norid . retrieved 7 september 2010 . bibliography edit . no eller aldri ... pdf in norwegian . norwegian post and telecommunications authority . 21 march 2002 . retrieved 5 september 2010 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title norid & oldid 623991125 categories internet in norwaycompanies established in 20032003 establishments in norwaycompanies based in trondheimhidden categories cs1 norwegian language sources no good articles navigation menu personal tools not logged 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