.5g.in Domain Registration India
.5g.in is a second-level zone under India's .in country code, opened by NIXI in 2021 and open to anyone without a telecom licence. WebJi® charges ₹809 for the first year and ₹877 per renewal, before 18% GST. It suits tower contractors, private-network integrators, IoT start-ups and telecom training institutes.
For Indian telecom contractors, IoT builders and network integrators deciding whether a .5g.in address is worth ₹809 a year.
INR billing
- Registration
- ₹809/yr
- Renewal
- ₹877/yr
- Term
- 1–10 yrs
- Billing
- INR + GST
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Last editorial update: 14 November 2026. Prices follow the dated sources on this page; checkout confirms current charges.
What is a .5g.in domain?
.5g.in is a second-level zone inside India’s .in country code, run by the National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI), where you register names such as towerops.5g.in. It is not a separate top-level domain: the root lists only .in, and NIXI decides what sits beneath it.
NIXI added .5g.in in 2021 as one of 29 new extensions under .in, alongside .6g.in, .ai.in and .am.in. Because it lives in the .in zone, it inherits that zone’s registry, DNS servers and policy rather than a new operator’s rulebook.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Level | Second-level zone under the .in ccTLD |
| Registry | NIXI, National Internet Exchange of India |
| Added | 2021, in a batch of 29 new .in extensions |
| Eligibility | Open to any individual or organisation |
| Label rules | 2–63 letters, digits or inner hyphens |
| Term | 1 to 10 years per order |
Which Indian businesses suit a .5g.in name?
.5g.in fits companies whose product or service depends on fifth-generation mobile networks: installers, integrators, IoT builders and telecom trainers. Since commercial 5G services began in India in October 2022, a whole layer of contractors and software firms has grown around towers, small cells and private networks, and the label states that specialism before a visitor reads a word.
- Tower and small-cell contractors: rooftopsites.5g.in for site acquisition and installation crews.
- Private-network integrators: factorylan.5g.in for campus or plant deployments.
- IoT and telematics start-ups: fleettrack.5g.in for connected-vehicle dashboards.
- Telecom skilling institutes: rfcourse.5g.in for technician training batches.
- Mobile and router retailers: upgrade.5g.in for handset and CPE offers.
A consumer brand or a company that sells far beyond telecom rarely gains from it; the plain .in domain reads better there.
.5g.in domain price in India
WebJi® charges ₹809 to register a .5g.in name and ₹877 for each renewal year, before 18% GST. Three years therefore cost ₹2,563 before tax (₹809 + ₹877 + ₹877), less than one year of most tech-flavoured gTLDs.
| Extension | Year 1 (₹) | Renewal (₹/yr) | 3-year total (₹) |
|---|---|---|---|
| .5g.in | 809 | 877 | 2,563 |
| .6g.in | 809 | 877 | 2,563 |
| .net.in | 809 | 877 | 2,563 |
| .tech | 4,400 | 4,400 | 13,200 |
| .in | 1,000 | 1,000 | 3,000 |
Prices read from WebJi® billing on 14 November 2026. Order through the domain cart; any name NIXI prices as premium shows its rate before payment.
What do you need to register a .5g.in domain?
Nothing beyond accurate contact details: .5g.in has no telecom-licence, DoT-registration or Indian-residency test. NIXI requires the registrant record to be correct and verifiable, and a name can be suspended if those details prove false.
Use a mailbox you actually read as the registrant email, because verification and expiry notices land there. A GSTIN is optional and only matters if you want input credit on the WebJi® invoice.
.5g.in or .6g.in, .tech and .in — which one?
Pick .5g.in when your work is deploying or selling on today’s networks; pick .6g.in for research that looks past them, and .in when telecom is only part of the business. Search engines treat all of these as ordinary hostnames, so the decision rests on how the address reads to a buyer.
- .5g.in — live commercial networks, installations, devices.
- .6g.in — labs, papers, pilots aimed at the 2030s.
- .tech — a global tech audience, at over five times the yearly cost.
- .in — the broadest Indian identity; a .5g.in can redirect to it.
Using a .5g.in name after purchase
A .5g.in name points anywhere you choose: update nameservers and it resolves within hours. A product site sits on cloud hosting when dashboards need headroom, and sales@yourfirm.5g.in runs on business email. Moving an existing name in is covered by domain transfer; the full extension list lives on domain registration India.
Frequently asked questions
Is .5g.in an official extension or a private subdomain?
It is official. NIXI, which runs India’s .in country code, created .5g.in itself, so registrations are recorded in the .in registry like .co.in or .net.in. It is not a third-party namespace resold on top of somebody else’s domain.
Do I need a telecom licence to hold a .5g.in domain?
No. NIXI ties no industry permission to the label, so a reseller, a student project or a foreign vendor can register one. The label signals the subject; it does not certify that the holder operates a network.
What does a .5g.in domain cost over five years?
₹4,317 before 18% GST at WebJi®: ₹809 for the first year plus four renewals at ₹877. Registering all five years in one order fixes the term so no renewal falls due in between.
Can I hide my details in .5g.in WHOIS?
The .in family does not offer a registry privacy proxy, so register with business contact details you are comfortable having on record, such as a company address and a role mailbox.
Should I register both the .5g.in and .6g.in versions of my name?
Only if you expect to market both generations. Each costs ₹809 for year one, so holding the pair is cheap protection for a telecom brand, but one name with consistent content is easier to build authority on.
Checked 14 November 2026 against NIXI’s published extension list · Reviewed by the WebJi® team, Jaipur.
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