Singapore Network Information Centre (SGNIC) is the National Internet Registry

National Internet Registry

A National Internet Registry is an organization under the umbrella of a Regional Internet Registry with the task of coordinating IP address allocations and other Internet resource management functions at a national level within a country or economic unit.NIRs operate primarily in the Asia Pacific...

 for Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

. It manages the .sg

.sg

.sg is the Internet country code top-level domain for Singapore. It is administered by the Singapore Network Information Centre. Registrations are processed via accredited registrars....

 top level domain.

Formed in October 1995, the SGNIC took over the operation of Domain Name Registration (DNR) Services in November 1995. It operated under the National Computer Board until July 1997 when SGNIC was registered as a company.

The organisation of SGNIC comprises four entities:

• SGNIC Board
• SGNIC Operations
• Domain Name Registration Service (DNRS) Committee
• Domain Name System Technical (DNST) Committee

The SGNIC Board formulates policies for SGNIC and comprises representatives from regulatory and commercial agencies in Singapore.

Domain names

As of August 2006, there were 67,051 domain names registered at SGNIC, under the following categories:

• .sg
  .sg
  .sg is the Internet country code top-level domain for Singapore. It is administered by the Singapore Network Information Centre. Registrations are processed via accredited registrars....
  
   - 18,777
• .com.sg
  .com.sg
  .com.sg is a country code second-level domain in the .sg namespace, and is administered by the Singapore Network Information Centre. Only companies with commercial interests and which are registered with the Registry of Companies and Businesses, IE Singapore or any professional body in Singapore...
  
   - 44,265
• .org.sg
  .org.sg
  .org.sg is a country-code second-level domain in the .sg namespace, and is administered by the Singapore Network Information Centre. It is meant for non-profit organizations which are registered with the Registry of Societies in Singapore....
  
   - 2,055
• .net.sg
  .net.sg
  .net.sg is a country code second-level domain in the .sg namespace, administered by the Singapore Network Information Centre. It is available only to network providers and info-com operators licensed by the Info-Communications Development Authority ....
  
   - 177
• .edu.sg
  .edu.sg
  .edu.sg is a country code second-level domain in the .sg namespace, administered by the Singapore Network Information Centre. It is available to Singapore educational institutions registered with the Ministry of Education ....
  
   - 441
• .gov.sg
  .gov.sg
  .gov.sg is a country code second-level domain in the .sg namespace, administered by the Singapore Network Information Centre. It is used for Singapore government organizations....
  
   - 414
• .per.sg
  .per.sg
  .per.sg is a country code second-level domain in the .sg namespace, administered by the Singapore Network Information Centre. It is used for Singapore's personal domains....
  
  - 922