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Afilias – intro/update. Presented by: Desiree Miloshevic, Advisor, International Affairs and Policy Development February 26, 2004, APTLD meeting, APRICOT Kuala Lumpur. Introduction to Afilias. Founded by consortium of 18 Registrars World-Wide Next generation registry services provider
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Afilias – intro/update Presented by: Desiree Miloshevic, Advisor, International Affairs and Policy Development February 26, 2004, APTLD meeting, APRICOT Kuala Lumpur
Introduction to Afilias • Founded by consortium of 18 Registrars World-Wide • Next generation registry services provider • Complete services: registration thru resolution • Fast / Stable /Secure • Multinational • HQ in Ireland; sales offices in Germany, UK, US; technical operations in Canada • Over 4 million domain names in management • INFO registry • ORG back office provider • ccTLDs back office
.INFO Top Level Domain • .INFO – first new completely unrestricted TLD after .COM • Recognizing/leveraging a new space • Attracted wide variety of registrants- • Countries, charities, businesses, individual users, leisure industry • Example: great country fit – spain.info • Helped expand online communities: • Bloggers, directory services • Example: alac.info
Global .INFO Growth is Steady • Fast build pressured system to keep up 1,200,000 Registrations
New Developments • Faster Standard for DNS • Registration to resolution in <2 minutes globally • E-num technology test- Convergence of telephone and DNS industry • Internationalized Domain names:Afilias will enable local character sets in .INFO, e.g. www.österiche.info • Initial launch for German script umlaut characters ä, ö, ü
Afilias and APTLD • APTLD market has a significant potential and we are committed to its development • Afilias would like to work with the community for the exchange of information and its registry expertise and explore opportunities
Thank You ! C U @ ccTLD lunch in Rome, sponsored by Afilias, Tuesday, March 2nd Contact: Desiree Miloshevic T: +44 20 7602-9695 E: dmiloshevic(@)afilias.info