The Government Agency for the Development of the Information Society of Bolivia (La Agencia para el Desarrollo de la Sociedad de la Información en Bolivia, ADSIB), which administers the country-code TLD .BO, has announced a number of changes to domain registration policies. These include new rules on prohibited content, restrictions on certain second-level domain names, updated procedures for domain transfers, the use of subdomains, and others.
The most important change is, of course, the permission to register one- and two-character second-level domain names. According to Domain Incite, the new regulations took effect on September 4. ADSIB has not set a limit on the number of domains for a single registrant to acquire. Foreign individuals and legal entities are also free to register names in the Bolivian namespace. However, there is a significant price gap: local registrants can secure a second-level domain for 980 bolivianos (about $140) per year, while foreign registrants pay roughly $190. Meanwhile, it remains unclear whether these rates also apply to the newly available one- and two-latter domains, or whether they will be subject to premium pricing.
