ec-domain Domain

The domain extension .ec is the country-specific top-level domain of the South American country Ecuador. The domain extension was launched on February 1, 1991 and is administered by NICEC S.A., a company based in this country.

Award guidelines

The .ec domains can be registered by any private person or company from all over the world. This means that a residence or a company headquarters or branch office in Ecuador is not necessary. However, websites with contents that offend against the general moral concepts, such as websites with pornographic contents but also contents that violate Ecuadorian law or other rights are excluded. Also with the release of the domain name these things are also respected here. The domain extension offers a number of second level domains for commercial companies, for general information, the offer of providers and internet companies as well as financial companies and the offer of medical facilities. But also judges, architects and similar professional groups can place a website under a certain domain ending in the WWW. This also applies to non-profit organizations, educational institutions and the government and military of the country. The website content is mainly in Spanish, as this is the official language in this country in the northwest of South America and has a west coast directly on the Pacific Ocean.

Use and meaning

The domain extension .ec is mainly used by companies from Germany and abroad for their websites. Only a few of the 13 million inhabitants of the country through which the equator line runs have access to the WWW at all. Therefore the domain extension .ec is not very important for Ecuador. However, there are some sites of private persons who have already visited the country with the neighbouring countries Colombia and Peru and are happy to report about it. The Galapagos Islands, which are located about 1.000 kilometers west of the coast, also belong to Ecuador. The country's export hits include flowers and oil, as well as coffee, bananas and seafood. Tourism is also important for the economy.