Trump decision could impact future of .IO (1.Viewing)

President Donald Trump’s decision will impact future of British Indian Ocean Territory.
The issue of the .io country code domain will be up for discussion with U.S. President Donald Trump today, in a very roundabout way.

The United Kingdom has a plan to hand control of the so-called British Indian Ocean Territory to Mauritius. The territory includes a U.S. naval base on Diego Garcia.

Talk of handing over the territory has brought up questions about the future of the .io country code domain, which is assigned to the British Indian Ocean Territory.

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US president Donald Trump has indicated he is likely to back a UK-Mauritius treaty that puts the long-term future of .io domains into question.

Another article: Trump inclined to back deal that threatens .io - Domain Incite

ccTLD eligibility is determined by the associated country or territory being assigned in the ISO 3166-1 standard. When countries or territories are removed from the standard, their eligibility expires, and they need to be retired from use after an orderly transition period.

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According to the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA), the only way to enter a new country name into ISO 3166-1 is to have it registered in one of the following two sources:

• United Nations Terminology Bulletin Country Names, or
• Country and Region Codes for Statistical Use of the United Nations Statistics Division.

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Worthwhile read: Retirement of a Country-code Top-level Domain (ccTLD)