Afilias Limited is the operator of the .info and .org (top-level domain) generic top-level domains (Generic top-level domain), and a provider of domain name registry services for seven countries around the world, including India s .in domain.

=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.

Afilias launched its registry service in July 2001 with its inaugural product, .info which is the most successful of the seven new top-level domains (TLDs) selected by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Today, Afilias currently supports over 6.5 million domain names.

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

=Afilias Management=

Ram Mohan is the company s primary participant in industry technical involvement, and is a member of many ICANN and Internet technology committees. The company s Chairman Philipp Grabensee is involved in Internet Governance Issues. Roland LaPlante is the company s primary spokesperson.

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