Afilias

Afilias

Afilias Limited. is the registry operator of the .info and .aero TLDs, and the service provider of the .org generic top-level domain (gTLD), .mobi mobile phone TLD, and a provider of domain name registry services for several countries around the world, including .AG (Antigua and Barbuda), .BZ (Belize), .GI (Gibraltar), .HN (Honduras), .IN (India), .ME (Montenegro), .SC (the Seychelles), and .VC (St. Vincent and the Grenadines). Afilias also provides ancillary support to other domains, including .SG (Singapore).

History

Afilias was formed in September 2000 by a group of industry-leading domain name registrars in recognition of the need for increased competition in the domain name industry at the registry level. Afilias was selected by ICANN in November 2000 to launch .info, the first new gTLD domain supported by EPP and based on a "thick" registry model. .info remains the most successful new gTLD launched since .com.Fact|date=March 2008

As of January 2008, Afilias supports over 14 million domain names, making it the second largest registry service provider in the world.Fact|date=May 2008

Afilias is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland with US offices near Philadelphia, sales offices in London, UK, an operations center in Toronto, Canada, and operational offices in New Delhi, India.

Management

* Afilias CEO: Hal Lubsen + more at [http://www.icannwiki.org/Hal_Lubsen ICANNwiki.org]
* Executive Vice President & CTO: Ram Mohan + more at [http://www.icannwiki.org/Ram_Mohan ICANNwiki]
* SVP & CMO: Roland A. LaPlante
* General Counsel: M. Scott Hemphill
* .ME Account Manager: Michael Flanagan

Hal Lubsen is a veteran in the domain name industry. Ram Mohan the company's senior officer, is the company's primary participant in industry technical and policy involvement, and is involved with defining several Internet industry policies and technology initiatives. Roland LaPlante is the company's primary spokesperson and is a well-regarded member of the domain name industry. The company's Chairman, Philipp Grabensee, is involved in Internet governance issues.

ee also

* Generic top-level domain
* .info
* .org
* .aero
* .mobi
* .asia
* .ag
* .gi
* .hn
* .in
* .sc
* .vc
* .sg
* .bz

External links

* [http://www.afilias.info/ Afilias web site]
* [http://www.afilias.info/about_afilias/backgrounder About Afilias]
* [http://www.icannwiki.org/Afilias Afilias on ICANNwiki.org]


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