Afilias, Inc. was a US corporation that was the registry operator of the

.info The domain name info is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) in the Domain Name System (DNS) of the Internet. The name is derived from ''information'', although registration requirements do not prescribe any particular purpose. The TLD ''info'' wa ...

.mobi The domain name mobi is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) in the Domain Name System (DNS) of the Internet. Its name is derived from the adjective ''mobile''. The domain was approved by ICANN on 11 July 2005, and is managed by the mTLD global r ...

and

.pro The domain name pro is a generic top-level domain in the Domain Name System of the Internet. Its name is derived from ''professional'', indicating its intended use by certified professionals. History In October 2000 Jason Drummond came up with ...

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, service provider for registry operators of

.org The domain name .org is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) of the Domain Name System (DNS) used on the Internet. The name is truncated from ''organization''. It was one of the original domains established in 1985, and has been operated by th ...

, .ngo,

.lgbt .lgbt is a sponsored top-level domain for the LGBT community, sponsored by Identity Digital. The domain name was delegated to the Root Zone on 18 July 2014. The creation of .lgbt is meant to promote diversity and LGBT businesses, and is open to ...

.asia The top-level domain .asia is the officially designated regional domain in the Internet for Asia and the Pacific. It is a sponsored generic top-level-domain (gTLD) operated by the DotAsia Organisation Ltd. The domain is open to companies, indivi ...

.aero .aero (derived from aeronautics) is a sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) used in the Domain Name System of the Internet. It is the first sponsored top-level domain based on a single industrial theme. The aero domain is reserved for companies, orga ...

, and a provider of domain name registry services for countries around the world, including

.MN .mn is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Mongolia. It is administered by .MN Registry, Datacom. The domain name is composed of the consonants in the first syllable of the country name. The .MN registry is operated under the ...

(Mongolia),

.AG .ag is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Antigua and Barbuda. Second and third level registrations Registrations can be made at the second level directly beneath .ag, or at the third level beneath: * .com.ag or .co.ag ...

(Antigua and Barbuda),

.BM .bm is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Bermuda ) , anthem = " God Save the King" , song_type = National song , song = " Hail to Bermuda" , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , mapsize2 = , map_ca ...

(Bermuda),

.BZ .bz is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Belize. It is administered by the University of Belize. At one point, .bz domains were being marketed by an American company as standing for "business", and that company took legal ...

(Belize), . AC (Ascension Island),

.GI .gi is the country code top-level domain A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, sovereign state, or dependent territory identified with a country code. All ASCII ...

(Gibraltar), .IO (Indian Ocean)

.ME .me is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Montenegro. The .me registry is operated by doMEn, which won a contract to do so after a bid process conducted by the government of Montenegro and was launched through various accred ...

(Montenegro),

.PR .pr is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Puerto Rico. A .pr.us second-level domain has been reserved for Puerto Rico under the .us locality namespace, but it is unused. Agencies of the government of Puerto Rico use either ...

(Puerto Rico), .SC (the Seychelles),

.SH .sh is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, although it is primarily used in Saint Helena ( Ascension Island has its own ccTLD, .ac). Registratio ...

(Saint Helena),

.VC .vc is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Registration is open worldwide, and it has been used for a variety of sites not necessarily related to that location; it can also be seen as standin ...

(St. Vincent and the Grenadines), and

.AU .au is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Australia. It was created on 5 March 1986. Domain name policy is managed by .au Domain Administration (auDA). As of July 2018, the registry is operated by Afilias. History The d ...

(Australia). Afilias also provided ancillary support to other domains, including

.SG .sg is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Singapore. It was first registered in September 1988. It is administered by the Singapore Network Information Centre. Registrations are processed via accredited registrars. In 2011 ...

(Singapore),

.LA .la is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Laos. Although the .la domain is officially assigned to the country of Laos, subdomains have been delegated to some organizations outside Laos. History The LA Names Corporation, b ...

(Laos), and

.HN .hn is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El ...

(Honduras). It was merged into

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in 2022.

History

Afilias was formed in October 2000 by a group of 19 major domain name registrars. CEO Hal Lubsen, CTO Ram Mohan, CMO Roland LaPlante and Compliance Officer Steven Pack were the founding management team (2001). In February 2010, Afilias acquired mTLD Top Level Domain Ltd., the sponsoring organization and registry operator for the

top-level domain (known publicly as dotMobi). While dotMobi continues to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary, Afilias is now the registered Registry Operator for the .mobi domain. In December 2012, Afilias acquired registryPro, the sponsoring organization and registry operator for the .pro top-level domain. While RegistryPro continues to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary, Afilias is now the registered Registry Operator for the

domain. In October 2015, Afilias acquired domain name registrar 101domain, with the registrar's CEO Wolfgang Reile stepping down and its COO and CFO Anthony M. Beltran leading operations under Afilias. In December 2017, Afilias was chosen by auDA to supply

.au .au is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Australia. It was created on 5 March 1986. Domain name policy is managed by .au Domain Administration (auDA). As of July 2018, the registry is operated by Afilias. History The d ...

registry services. Afilias opened its Melbourne Australia branch to do this. Under Ram Mohan's leadership, Afilias successfully completed the historic transition on July 1, 2018, setting the

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title for largest migration of an internet top-level domain in a single transition following its transfer of 3,153,979 .au domain names on Sunday, July 1, 2018. In November 2020, it was announced that Afilias was acquired by

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, the domain name registry operator. In 2022, Afilias and Donuts were merged and brought under a single company,

. Afilias was headquartered in

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, with engineering and operations offices in

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and

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List of Afilias-operated domains

Mobile and web services

* DeviceAtlas * goMobi * mobiForge * mobiReady

Awards and honors

* Guinness World Record for largest ever TLD transition, July 2018 * CIO 100 Award for highest level of operational and strategic excellence in information technology (IT), June 2014 * Ram Mohan - IDG World's Top 25 CTOs, June 2010

References

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