Afilias

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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), .SC (the Seychelles), and .VC (St. Vincent and the Grenadines). Afilias also provides ancillary support to other domains, including .SG (Singapore).

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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.

As of February 2007, Afilias supports over 11 million domain names, making it the second largest registry service provider in the world.

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.

Hal Lubsen is a veteran in the domain name industry. 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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