NC opt Nouvelle Caledonie  | |
| Introduced | 1993 |
|---|---|
| TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
| Status | Active |
| Registry | Office des Postes et Telecommunications |
| Sponsor | Office des Postes et Telecommunications |
| Intended use | Entities connected with  New Caledonia |
| Actual use | Gets some use in New Caledonia |
| Registration restrictions | Must be a registered company or organization in New Caledonia with a local contact; individuals are not eligible to register domains |
| Structure | Registrations are made directly at the second level, or at the third level beneath the .asso.nc 2LD |
| Documents | Rules |
| Dispute policies | The registry encourages compromises between disputing parties but otherwise stays out of disputes |
| DNSSEC | yes |
| Registry website | Domain registration |
.nc is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for New Caledonia.
Only companies registered in New Caledonia are permitted to register .nc domain names.
Many generic terms are prohibited from registration (those linked with crimes); there are also many reserved for particular circumstances. These include "administration", "bible", "blog", "cabinets", "colonisation", "flag", "justice", "mail", "nation", "offense", "outrage", "presses", "registries", "temple", "union", "vote" and hundreds more.
The following 2nd level domains are available for third-level domain name registration:
- asso.nc
- nom.nc
See also
- Internet in New Caledonia
- Internet in France
- ISO 3166-2:NC
- .fr –CC TLD for France
- .eu –CC TLD for the members of the European Union