.mp is the Internet

Internet

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 country code

Country code

Country codes are short alphabetic or numeric geographical codes developed to represent countries and dependent areas, for use in data processing and communications. Several different systems have been developed to do this. The best known of these is ISO 3166-1...

 top-level domain

Top-level domain

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 (ccTLD) for Northern Mariana Islands

Northern Mariana Islands

The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , is a commonwealth in political union with the United States, occupying a strategic region of the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of 15 islands about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines...

. There are a few sites related to the Northern Mariana Islands in this domain (such as governmental sites under .gov.mp and a few sites in .org.mp and .co.mp). The get.mp site allows users to register and manage .mp domains. The .mp name comes from the USPS's postal code for the Northern Mariana Islands

Northern Mariana Islands

The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , is a commonwealth in political union with the United States, occupying a strategic region of the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of 15 islands about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines...

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Registration and hosting

There are some sites related to the Northern Mariana Islands in third-level domains under .gov.mp, .org.mp, and .co.mp which are not subject to the registry hosting rules, but there is no indication as to if or how any additional names of this sort may be registered.

Official registry site

The ICANN WHOIS gives two official registry sites, at nic.mp and get.mp. ".mp" domains currently cost $20 per year.

Chi.mp

Chi.mp's parent company Saipan DataCom has a long term contract with the Northern Mariana Islands

Northern Mariana Islands

The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , is a commonwealth in political union with the United States, occupying a strategic region of the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of 15 islands about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines...

to run the service chi.mp, a content hub and identity management platform which provides .mp domains and websites. Domains may be purchased for $20.

External links

• IANA .mp whois information
• .mp domain registration website
• Registry company info
• Registration form for beta testers
• List of gov.mp, org.mp, and co.mp domains in Google's index.