The right to register Turkmen domains was transferred to a nongovernmental institution

Registration of national domains in Turkmenistan was transferred to the Economic Society "National Domain Coordination Center" of Turkmenistan. Previously, this service, which includes domains ".gov.tm“, “.com.tm" и ".edu.tm" was provided by the State Telecommunications Company "Turkmentelecom".

The National Domain Coordination Center of Turkmenistan operates as a non-governmental, non-profit organization. This society acts as a national registrar, in accordance with the amendments to the Law of Turkmenistan "On Legal Regulation of Internet Development and Internet Service Provision in Turkmenistan" dated June 8, 2019.

Domains are provided at the direction of the applicant. Educational service providers are registered in the domain ".edu.tm", and commercial establishments in the domain ".com.tm". Domain ".gov.tm" is owned by government agencies.

"National Domain Coordination Center" registers domains ".gov.tm" at 1536 manat per year, domains ".com.tm" at 1745 manat and domains ".edu.tm" at 1466 manat. The tariffs were approved by the Ministry of Industry and Communications of Turkmenistan on November 28, 2019, according to the relevant law.

At present, the "Corporation for the Administration of Domain Names and IP Addresses" (ICANN) is a globally recognized main coordinator of domains. H/O "National Domain Coordination Center" of Turkmenistan was founded according to the standards of this international organization, the main purpose of which is to protect the interests of Internet users.