.so

.so

Introduced	28 August 1997
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	SONIC
Sponsor	Somali Network Information Center
Intended use	Entities connected with  Somalia
Actual use	Recently re-established
Registration restrictions	Limited to institutions and organizations in Somalia, residents of Somalia, others who have a legitimate, clear and provable connection to Somalia
Structure	Registrations can be made via authorized registrars
Documents	Somalia .so
Dispute policies	.so domain name registration policies WIPO
Registry website	sonic.so

.so is the internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Somalia. After a long absence, the .so domain was officially relaunched on November 1, 2010, by .SO Registry, which is regulated by the nation's Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications.^[1] It was launched through various accredited registrars around the world.

On 11 July 2013 the ISO 3166-1 code for Somalia changed to reflect the SO used for the ccTLD.

On July 8, 2015, the .so ccTLD registry was transferred to the Somali Network Information Center (SONIC),^[2] which introduced new limitations on purchasing .so domain names by persons and organizations not affiliated with Somalia.^[3][4] As a result, several registrars suspended the registration of new .so domain names.^[5]

On March 9, 2018, Somalia's newly established telecom regulator The National Communications Authority (NCA) took full control of the country's top-level internet domain (dotSO) from the Somali National Information Center (SONIC) and Cloudy Registry, who ran the operations and the management of the domain Registry.^[6]