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DNS.pt association starts working next June

Formally established on 14 May, the purpose of the DNS.pt Association is to manage, operate and maintain the registration of the top-level domain corresponding to Portugal (.pt), in an independent and autonomous manner. Luísa Lopes Gueifão leads the private non-profit association, which gives continuity to the work done by the Foundation for National Scientific Computation (FCCN), after its integration into the FCT.

The PT DNS Association has as founders the FCT, the Association of Electronic Commerce and Interactive Advertising (ACEPI), the Portuguese Association for Consumer Protection (DECO) and the representative designated by the IANA - Internet Assigned Numbers Authority as responsible for the delegation of the ccTLD.pt.