.ch

For the Swiss newspaper, see .ch (newspaper).

.ch

Introduced	1987
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	SWITCH Information Technology Services
Sponsor	SWITCH Information Technology Services
Intended use	Entities connected with  Switzerland
Actual use	Very popular in Switzerland
Registration restrictions	Two letter domain names are restricted to cantons
Structure	Registrations permitted at second level
Documents	Terms and conditions
Dispute policies	Dispute Resolution Proceedings
Website	www.nic.ch
DNSSEC	yes

.ch is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Switzerland. It is administered by SWITCH Information Technology Services.

The ".ch" domain does not come from the name for Switzerland in any of its national languages; "die Schweiz", "Suisse", "Svizzera" or "Svizra". Rather, it comes from Confoederatio Helvetica (Helvetic Confederation), the Latin name for the country. CH is the ISO 3166-2 code for Switzerland and also is used on vehicle plates.

Registrations of internationalized domain names have been accepted since March 2004.

External links

• IANA .ch whois information
• .ch NIC registry