New ISO country code “CW” for Curaçao
On October 10th, 2010, the island territory of Curaçao gained a new constitutional status as an autonomous country within the Dutch Kingdom. Prior to this date, Curaçao as an island territory formed part of the Netherlands Antilles. The other island territories forming part of the Netherlands Antilles were St. Maarten, Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius.
As a result of this new constitutional status, Curaçao was officially assigned the following two-letter country code under the ISO standard ISO 3166-1: CW.
Please be referred to the official communication by Bureau Telecommunicatie en Post (BT&P) on the new ISO country code for Curaçao for further details.
Attention
BT&P requests the attention of all international organizations and businesses on the newly assigned country code. We kindly request all parties utilizing a drop down list for selection of countries either on their website or in their internal applications to update this list by adding Curaçao as a country as well as the update relating to the other mentioned islands.
Also consult the official updated ISO 3166 list at http://www.iso.org/iso/home/standards/country_codes.html and updated .CW domain information at http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/cw.html. By doing so the normal business activities will be maintained and the quality of service guaranteed.
BT&P also requests special attention of those organizations and businesses offering services and digital content for which user eligible rights are needed on the country and/or geographic region of residence of the customers, to update the related database that contains suchinformation.
For questions or additional information please contact Mr. Leonardo de Abreu Ladeira, Senior Policy & Market Regulation Advisor, Bureau Telecommunicatie en Post, at telephone number +(599-9) 463-1700 or via e-mail at L.deAbreuLadeira@burtel.cw.