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.Info chief quits in protest over sunrise period

...of the sunrise period. Robert Connelly, one of the 13 directors of Afilias, has handed in his notice less than a week before the formal... Read more

7 September, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

VeriSign set to keep grip on .net?

...offered the best value to domain name owners, according to one competitor. Afilias Limited, which was ranked third behind Sentan Registry and ahead of DENIC... Read more

29 March, 2005 by Graeme Wearden

.Info reaches the half-million milestone

...info domain name during the first 90 days of operation, according to Afilias, the official registry for the new global top level domain (gTLD). The... Read more

25 October, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

.Info registry stuck in traffic

...day out and are on hold pending the resolution of technical problems. Afilias, the company administering the new top-level domain, said the system for... Read more

3 October, 2001 by Paul Festa

Afilias tightens-up on dot-info

Prove you deserve it or lose it... Afilias - the registry overseeing the allocation of dot-info domains - has said it... Read more

6 December, 2001 by Kate Hanaghan

Afilias denies incompetence

...accused of childish strop... The official registry for dot-info domain names Afilias has hit back against claims of incompetent handling of early registrations by... Read more

10 September, 2001 by Justin Madubuko

.info moves registration date

...Afilias felt it necessary, with deference to all those affected by the US... Read more

20 September, 2001 by Justin Madubuko

Dot-info domain name prepares for debut

Icann has finalised contracts with domain registrar Afilias for the allocation of the top-level domain name dot-info. Eric... Read more

18 May, 2001 by silicon.com staff

Microsoft offers $250k bounty for Downadup arrest

...the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), VeriSign, NeuStar, CNNIC, Afilias, Public Internet Registry, Global Domains International, M1D Global, AOL, Symantec, F-Secure... Read more

13 February, 2009 by Elinor Mills

Dot-net to go non-profit?

...de domain names, NeuLevel, which oversees dot-us and dot-biz domains, Afilias, which runs the dot-info domain, and Core++, a global consortium of... Read more

20 January, 2005 by Declan McCullagh

VeriSign's redirection will resume

...you measuring." Crocker's questions, along with queries from Ram Mohan of Afilias, a domain name registrar, prompted an angry reaction from VeriSign representatives. Gomes... Read more

16 October, 2003 by Declan McCullagh

ICANN names .org successor

...change in operations except for an upgrade to new software created by Afilias. ISOC said it plans to add new services for .org operators, including... Read more

15 October, 2002 by Lisa M Bowman

.Org domain to get new guardian

...to take over .org include the Internet Society (ISOC), in partnership with Afilias, IBM, Ultra DNS and DSI Technology Escrow Services; the Register.com subsidiary... Read more

17 July, 2002 by Paul Festa

The incredible shrinking Internet

...businesses. Roland LaPlante, chief marketing officer for Pennsylvania-based domain name registry Afilias, said he was not surprised to find some people and companies are... Read more

3 January, 2002 by Gwendolyn Mariano

Time for a new domain name: dot-stupid

...the "accredited" domain registry companies, NeuLevel -- which will run dot-biz -- and Afilias -- which has dot-info -- stand to make millions of dollars off this... Read more

24 May, 2001 by Todd Spangler

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