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{{Short description|Internet country code top-level domain for Barbados}}
{{Infobox top level domain
| name          = .bb
| image         = 
| image_size    = 
| alt           = 
| caption       = 
| introduced    = 3 September 1991<ref name="WHOIS IANA"/>
| removed       = 
| type          = [[Country code top-level domain]]
| status        = Active
| registry      = Telecommunications Unit
| sponsor       = Ministry of Innovations, Science and Smart Technologies<br />[[Government of Barbados]]
| intendeduse   = Entities connected with [[Barbados]]
| actualuse     = Gets some usage in Barbados
| restrictions  = Local presence. Must present documentation: business registration, certificate from relevant ministry.
| structure     = Registrations permitted at second level and at third level beneath various second-level labels
| document      = [http://www.telecoms.gov.bb/website/Documents/Application%20Forms/PDF/Domain%20Name%20Application%20Form.pdf .bb domain registration form],<br />[https://www.telecoms.gov.bb/indexbf80.html?id=11 Policies and agreement]
| DNSname       = 
| disputepolicy = 
| website       = {{URL|www.nic.bb/}}
| registereddomains     = 
| dateregistereddomains = 
| refregistereddomains  = 
| dnssec       = Maybe<ref>{{cite web |author=Staff writer |author-link1= |date=15 November 2018 |title=Barbados country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) ".bb" is DNSSEC Ready. |script-title= |title-link= |url=https://www.telecoms.gov.bb/ |url-access= |trans-title= |department=Telecommunications Unit |website=www.telecoms.gov.bb/ |script-website= |trans-website= |publication-place=Warrens, St. Michael, Barbados |publisher=Government of Barbados |publication-date=15 November 2018 |arxiv= |asin= |asin-tld= |bibcode= |bibcode-access= |biorxiv= |citeseerx= |doi= |doi-access= |eissn= |hdl= |hdl-access= |isbn= |ismn= |issn= |jfm= |jstor= |jstor-access= |lccn= |medrxiv= |mr= |oclc= |ol= |ol-access= |osti= |osti-access= |pmc= |pmid= |rfc= |sbn= |ssrn= |s2cid= |s2cid-access= |zbl= |id= |archive-format= |access-date=3 February 2025 |via= |quote-page= |quote-pages= |quote=Barbados country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD .bb) has implemented DNSSEC to enhance the security on its DNS systems. |script-quote= |trans-quote= }}</ref>
| idn          = No
}}

'''.bb''' is the [[country code top-level domain]] ([[ccTLD]]) in the [[Domain Name System]] of the [[Internet]] for [[Barbados]]. It is administered by Telecommunications Unit which is part of the ''Ministry of Innovations, Science and Smart Technologies'' for the [[Government of Barbados|Barbados Government]]. It was first registered on 3 September 1991.<ref name="WHOIS IANA">{{Cite web |date=2025-10-01 |title=IANA WHOIS Service |url=https://www.iana.org/whois?q=bb |url-status=live |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2025-10-01 |website=IANA}}</ref>

==History==
The .bb top-level domain has been maintained by several administrators since its creation, the first of which being the University of Puerto Rico.

In 1996, the [[Government of Barbados]] sought the relegation of .bb to the [[incumbent local exchange carrier]], [[Cable and Wireless (Caribbean)|Cable & Wireless (BARTEL) Ltd]].

A 2001 Memorandum of Understanding was then later signed between the Government of Barbados and both Cable & Wireless (Bartel) Ltd. and its sister company Cable & Wireless (BET) Ltd., to continue the administration of the ".bb" domains until the government selected alternate directives.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}

In November 2007, .bb was again relegated to the Telecoms Unit within the Government of Barbados.<ref name="re-delegation">{{cite web|url= https://www.iana.org/reports/2007/bb-report-20nov2007.html|title= IANA Report on the Re-delegation of the .BB Top-Level Domain - 2007}}</ref>

== Registration ==
The Government has indicated that the government's policy will be to maintain a semi-restricted domain.

Legal issues regarding domains are to be handled by the [[Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office]] (CAIPO) arm of the Government.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}

The fee for Barbados' main [[ccTLD]] and all of the [[Country code second-level domain|second]] and [[subdomain|third-level domains]] is [[Barbados dollar|BBD]]$120 annually,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://telecoms.gov.bb/BarbadosDomains/tabid/110/Default.aspx|title= Domain Registration Licences (TUL152) are renewed annually at a fee of $120|access-date= 2018-11-27|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120418002433/http://www.telecoms.gov.bb/BarbadosDomains/tabid/110/Default.aspx|archive-date= 2012-04-18|url-status= dead}}</ref> significantly higher than most other domains.

At present. the .bb namespace does not allow for [[Country code top-level domains with commercial licenses|commercial licenses]] to entities without some connection to Barbados. Any person desirous of registering a ".bb" domain is required to fill out Form TU052 and send it the Telecommunications Unit for review.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BARBADOS DOMAINS |url=https://www.telecoms.gov.bb/indexbf80.html?id=11 |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=www.telecoms.gov.bb}}</ref>

== Second-level domains ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Domain
!Users
|-
|.co.bb
|General use (usually commercial)
|-
|.com.bb
|Commercial entities
|-
|.net.bb
|Network providers
|-
|.org.bb
|General use (usually for [[not-for-profit]] organisations)
|-
|.gov.bb
|Barbadian government organisations
|-
|.edu.bb
|Barbadian educational organisations
|-
|.info.bb
| rowspan="4" |General use
|-
|.store.bb
|-
|.tv.bb
|-
|.biz.bb
|}

==Timeline==
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*1991-09 – University of Puerto Rico is delegated the .bb domain.
*1996 – The .bb ccTLD becomes re-delegated from Univ. of Puerto Rico to Cable & Wireless.
*2001-10-16 – The Government of Barbados and Cable & Wireless sign a MOU for the later to maintain interim-administration of the .bb ccTLD.
*2007-11 – The Government of Barbados assumes total administration and control of the .bb ccTLD from C&W.<ref name="re-delegation" />

== See also ==
* [[Internet in Barbados]]
* [[ISO 3166-2:BB]]
* [[List of Internet top-level domains]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
* [https://pulse.internetsociety.org/en/reports/bb/ Barbados country profile]

== External links ==
{{Official website|https://www.nic.bb/}}
* [https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/bb.html IANA .bb whois information]
* [https://www.iana.org/reports/2007/bb-report-20nov2007.html Redelegation of the .BB Top-Level Domain November 2007]
* [http://www.telecoms.gov.bb/ The Ministry of Innovations, Science and Smart Technologies (MIST)]
** [http://www.whois.telecoms.gov.bb/ Whois search tool for registered .bb ccTLDs]

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