About Afilias

Afilias is a global leader in advanced back-end Internet domain name registry services and provides a wide range of advanced capabilities essential to the smooth and efficient operation of any domain name registry.

Afilias launched its registry service in July 2001 with its inaugural product, .INFO- 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 provides registry services for .INFO, .ORG and several country code TLDs (ccTLDs), together supporting over 7 million domain names.

Global Registry Services

Afilias’ registry solutions are flexible, fast, and proven:

• Complete & Flexible:Afilias' registry services are customizable and scalable. Afilias has a track record for developing and implementing policies that serve many needs. These range from the innovative Sunrise program that protected Intellectual Property interests during the .INFO launch, to our ccTLD support, which reflects the policy considerations of several different countries. Afilias' services can scale to any size domain -- from a ccTLD supporting a few thousand names to a generic TLD (gTLD) supporting millions.

• Fast, Reliable, & Secure Technology:Afilias-supported names are some of the fastest working on the Internet today - resolving worldwide within 2 minutes of registration. Afilias' technology combines state-of-the-art data escrow, back-up and security systems with world-class providers such as IBM, Q9 and UltraDNS to deliver reliable, secure service.

• Proven: Afilias is a pioneer in the development of next-generation registry technology. It was the first to launch a "thick" gTLD registry based on the new Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP). For .INFO, Afilias successfully grew the domain from zero to nearly 3 million names. For .ORG, Afilias supported both the transition from VeriSign and the ongoing technical management of the domain since its redelegation to PIR in January 2003.

Products

.INFO (gTLD):. INFO was the first new and completely unrestricted gTLD launched since .COM. .INFO is also the first truly global domain suffix. With an informational and educational feel, .INFO is the most intuitive place for Internet users to seek information. Over two thirds of .INFO Web sites are active, including over 700,000 live, unique sites. .INFO is also a popular alternative for international audiences: over 50% of .INFO's registrations are from Europe, with Germany alone accounting for more than 20% of global registrations. This is a sharp contrast to .COM, where the majority of registrations are from US entities.

.ORG (gTLD):Afilias provides core back-end registry services for .ORG under contract to the Public Interest Registry (PIR); .ORG is the world's sixth largest top-level domain with over 3.3 million domain names. Afilias successfully implemented the largest transition of an Internet domain name registry in history when it completed the cutover of registry services for the .ORG registry from VeriSign to its system, on behalf of PIR, in January 2003.

.AG -- Antigua and Barbuda
.BZ -- Belize (IDNs)
.GI -- Gibraltar
.HN -- Honduras
.IN -- India
.MN -- Mongolia
.SC -- the Seychelles
.VC -- St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Organizational Structure and Background

Afilias is an Irish Limited company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland with U.S. offices near Philadelphia, PA, sales offices in London, UK and Vancouver, BC Canada, an operations center in Toronto Canada, and operational offices in New Delhi, India.