Saudi Network Information Center

Welcome to the Saudi Network Information Center (SaudiNIC) website. SaudiNIC is a non-profit entity that is in charge of administering the domain name space under (.sa) , it is operated by  Communication and Information Technology Commission (CITC) since the end of 2006 .

Releasing a new version of the registration regulations

As a part of the continues effort to develop and enhance the services provided for the local domain names (domain names that end with .sa or .السعودية), SaudiNIC - part of the CITC- has published the latest domain name registration regulation for Saudi ccTLD (.sa). It represents version 2.0. The new regulation included several important changes which made it that most important version of the regulations since the beginning of domain registration service in Saudi Arabia.

The regulations development is a continuous process that follows a certain procedure defined in the (Policy Development Process) published on SaudiNIC website. The PDP process begins by defining the required changes and prioritizing them. Then preparing a report of the important changes which get published for public consultation. Final reports get prepared and presented to the management committee of CITC. Lastly, the final documents get presented to the CITC board for final approval.

• A guide to the changes in the new regulations
• the new regulations
   

New enhancements in SaudiNIC's e-services portal

As part of the continues effort toward enhancing all aspects of the local domain names registration services, SaudiNIC has recently added more services to the users accounts on the e-services portal, the new services will allow the account holders to personally perform many services .

The new enhancements is an addition to the set of online services that were available before . to follow is a list of the services that become available now in the user accounts :

• Domain names registration service
• Modifying domain name service
• Deleting domain name service
• Domain name transfer service
• Changing Admin contact procedure
• Moving domain between accounts
• Domain transfer caused by objection
• Managing domain name bundle service
• Electronic tickets guide
• Obtaining Authorization key service
• Requesting documents from applicants
• Appling for Arabic domain names guide

Accounts Services and procedures guides

• How to create an account in SaudiNIC website
• Login to an account guide
• How to modify an account information
• How to modify an account email address
• How to modify an account secret question
• Change password after forgetting it
• Modifying the Password

The main goal of the new enhancements is to give the account holders more flexibility in performing the tasks they require .