SamoaNIC

SamoaNIC is the official registrar for the .ws top-level domain, owned by Samoa.

History

The.ws delegation was created on 14 July 1995 by Internet Assigned Numbers Authority according to the country's preexisting ISO 3166-1 two letter country code.
The top level domain is sponsored by the Samoan Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade. SamoaNIC is run by Computer Services Ltd, based in Apia.

Jurisdiction

Like all country code top level domains,.ws does not fall under ICANN's remit; ICANN are only responsible for commercial and generic TLDs