<s>
The	O
Saudi	B-Protocol
Network	I-Protocol
Information	I-Protocol
Center	I-Protocol
,	O
abbreviated	O
SaudiNIC	B-Protocol
is	O
the	O
Country	B-Application
code	I-Application
top-level	I-Application
domain	I-Application
registry	O
for	O
the	O
domain	O
name	O
space	O
—	O
under	O
(	O
.sa	O
and	O
السعودية	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SaudiNIC	B-Protocol
mandate	O
includes	O
the	O
operation	O
of	O
the	O
DNS	B-Application
root	I-Application
servers	I-Application
for	O
the	O
local	O
domain	O
space	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
all	O
the	O
registry	O
services	O
including	O
the	O
registration	O
services	O
and	O
technical	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
its	O
inception	O
in	O
1995	O
until	O
late	O
2006	O
SaudiNIC	B-Protocol
was	O
managed	O
and	O
operated	O
by	O
the	O
King	O
Abdulaziz	O
City	O
for	O
Science	O
and	O
Technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
task	O
of	O
operating	O
SaudiNIC	B-Protocol
was	O
transferred	O
by	O
ministerial	O
direction	O
to	O
a	O
statutory	O
corporation	O
,	O
the	O
Communications	O
and	O
Information	O
Technology	O
Commission	O
.	O
</s>
