.CF
Central African Republic
Societe Centrafricaine de Telecommunications (SOCATEL) · cctld · Updated 2026-09-10
Existing domains onlySpecs only
Specifications
- Zone
- .cf
- Registration
- Manual
- Registration period
- 1 year
- Character length
- 1-63
- IPv6
- Yes
- Nameservers
- 2-7 nameservers
- Transfer time
- Manual
- Handle updates
- Yes
- WHOIS server
- whois.dot.cf
- Data set
- ccTLD
- Auth code
- Yes
- Connection
- Manual
Eligibility & Restrictions
Domains can be registered without restrictions. Premium domains (short, memorable and general names) are more expensive in registration optionally also in renewal (e.g. car.tld).
Required contact fields: Tech contact email, Owner contact email, Admin contact email.
Registration
Registration period: 1 year. Processing is manual. Character length: 1-63. Requires 2-7 nameservers.
Transfer Procedure
Auth code is required for transfer. Transfer processing is manual.
Registrant Change
No registry-level owner change task. Updates handled via contact data updates.
Renewal & Deletion
No explicit renewal task. Domain auto-renews or follows registry-defined lifecycle. Cancellation period: 1 month.
Restore / Redemption Grace Period
Restore is not available as a registry task. Domain cannot be recovered after deletion.
WHOIS / Privacy
WHOIS server: whois.dot.cf. WHOIS privacy not supported. Contact data publicly visible.
Availability
- Only renewals of existing domains. New registrations and transfers are not available.
- Renewal: 41,20 € / 1 year
Data controllers
- Societe Centrafricaine de Telecommunications (SOCATEL) (org) Rue guerillot, Bangui BP 939, Central African Republic (the)
- Societe Centrafricaine de Telecommunications (SOCATEL) — Directeur General (admin) Rue guerillot, Bangui BP 939, Central African Republic (the)
Error codes
- EF00803
- EF01017
- EF03008
- EF00512
- EF01008
- EF01009
- EF03005
- EF01002
- EF03007
- EF03006
- EF01075
- EF03011
- EF01055
- EF03010
- EF01074
- EF0103118
Required fields
- techc/email
- ownerc/email
- adminc/email
Restrictions
- Domains can be registered without restrictions.
- Premium domains (short, memorable and general names) are more expensive in registration optionally also in renewal (e.g. car.tld).
Root nameservers
- C.NS.CF
- A.NS.CF
- D.NS.CF
- B.NS.CF
Tasks (API)
- create · available · manual
- delete · available · manual
- preack · available · manual
- transfer · available · manual · AuthInfo required
- update · available · chargeable · manual