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{{Short description|Internet country code top-level domain for Kiribati}}
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{{Infobox Top level domain|
name=.ki|
background=#CCF|
image=Coat of arms of Kiribati.svg|
introduced=19 April 1995|
type=[[Country code top-level domain]]|
status=Active|
registry=[[Communications Commission of Kiribati]]|
sponsor=[[Ministry of Communications, Transport, and Tourism Development]]|
intendeduse=Entities connected with [[Kiribati]]|
actualuse=Sees some use in Kiribati; rarely used as a [[domain hack]]|
restrictions=|
structure=Registrations are directly at second level or at third level beneath second-level labels|
document=[https://cck.ki/index.php/downloads/finish/24-all-services/61-kiribati-domain-name-service-agreement-for-2nd-level-domain-names Registration Service Agreement]|
disputepolicy=|
website=<!--[http://www.nic.ki/ NIC.ki]--> {{url|https://cck.ki/dns.html}}|
}}

'''.ki''' is the [[Internet]] [[country code]] [[top-level domain]] ([[ccTLD]]) for [[Kiribati]].<ref name="iana24" />

From the early 1990s to the early 2000s the domain was managed on behalf of the Republic of Kiribati by [[Connect.com.au]], an [[Australia]]n [[Internet service provider|ISP]], with the [[Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency]], based in [[Honiara]], [[Solomon Islands]] as original sponsor, then transferred to the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources Development of Kiribati and finally to the Ministry of Communications, Transport, and Tourism Development.  In 2002 direct management of the ccTLD was transferred to [[Telecom Services Kiribati Limited]]. This initial set up was done by [[Franck Martin]]. As of 2007, the registry is being handled by the [[Telecommunications Authority of Kiribati]] using a system of multiple registrars similar to that used by [[gTLD]]s; however, few sites are using .ki domains. Because of the location of Kiribati and limited Internet connection, it is not uncommon for a website in Kiribati, such as a government website, to be very slow or inaccessible; however, many .ki sites are hosted outside Kiribati.

.ki is a member of [[CoCCA]], a group of country-code domains making use of common registry and/or dispute resolution services.

== Second-level domains ==

Domains can be registered directly under ''.ki'', or at the third level beneath ''com.ki'', ''biz.ki'', ''net.ki'', ''info.ki'', ''org.ki'', ''gov.ki'', ''edu.ki'', ''mob.ki'', and ''tel.ki''. The fee for a second-level domain is [[Australian dollar|AUD]]1,000, whilst all others with the exception of edu.ki, which costs AUD50, are AUD150. edu.ki and gov.ki and reserved for their respective entities in Kiribati, such as [[University of the South Pacific|The University of the South Pacific]], Kiribati Centre.

==References==
<references>
<ref name="iana24">{{cite web |title=Delegation Record for .KI |date=2024-02-06 |website=Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) |url=https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/ki.html |access-date=2024-02-20 }}</ref>
</references>

== External links ==
* [https://archive.today/20121205090332/http://www.nic.ki/ Kiribati NIC (archived 5 December 2012)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100103041903/http://www.tskl.net.ki/ Telecom Services Kiribati Limited]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930082720/http://www.tak.ki/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=7 Domain information at Telecommunications Authority of Kiribati] (archived 30 September 2007)

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