Qatar domain names ( .QA ) became available to the public,allowing individuals as well as businesses to secure a domain name eniding in .QA .
You can read the press release after the jump :"Members of the general public can now take advantage of the abundance of uniquely Qatar Internet domain names (.QA) that are available through accredited registrars.
Qatar Domains Registry (QDR) has officially made Qatar-specific Internet domain names available to the public, allowing individuals and businesses alike to secure a personalized, unique and respected domain names ending in .QA . Qatar domain names in Arabic ( .قطر ) will be available to the public in late October.
“Qatar-specific domain names are an important part of growing the country’s online presence. We anticipate tremendous interest in the Qatar domain names because they open a tremendous range of opportunities for businesses and individuals online. Qatar-domain names allow you to choose a name that is specific to you or your business, while showing that you are uniquely Qatar,” said Saleh Al-Kuwari, Chief Technical Manager at ictQATAR.
The Qatar-specific domain names are available to the public through accredited registrars that have been approved by Qatar Domains Registry. QDR adopted a Registry-Registrar based business model to encourage competition, choice and innovation.
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. The Qatar domain names in Arabic are still in the sunrise period. "