What does QA stand for? 

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.qa is the Internet country code top-level domain for Qatar. As of September 2011, members of the general public can register Qatar Internet domain names that are available through accredited registrars. Prior to the making the .QA domain available to the public, QDR held a “sunrise” period for the domains which enabled trademark holders and government entities to register for the Qatar-specific domain names. Currently there are twelve registrars that have been accredited by QDR to offer the domain names. These registrars are Qtel, W3infotech, IP Mirror, Ascio, MarkMonitor, Marcaria.com, EPAG Domainservices, Safenames, CPS-Datensysteme, DomainMonster, and InternetX. ictQATAR manages the Qatar Domains Registry and led the process with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers for creation of an Arabic domain name for Qatar. Qatar Domains Registry manages Qatar’s Country Code Top Level Domain Names, which includes domains which are offered through Accredited Registrars and other closed domains related to Qatari institutions which means you must register your domain name directly from the Qatar Domains Registry. Qatar is among the first countries in the world to be able to offer domain names in Arabic, قطر. domain represents Qatar’s Arabic language online identity.

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