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Internet Society Announces New Application Round for the ISOC Fellowship to the IETF
Aug 08, 2007

Afilias Global Registry Services adds its support as corporate sponsor of the program.

RESTON, VA and GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - 8 August 2007 - Continuing its longstanding commitment to build technical capacity in less developed countries, the Internet Society (ISOC) today announced that it is seeking applications for the next round of the ISOC Fellowship to the IETF program The program offers engineers from developing...

Go Daddy & Afilias Announce Joint Venture Creating Alliance Registry in Support of usTLD Bid
Jul 31, 2007

Alliance Registry, a joint venture between Afilias and Go Daddy, combines the best in secure technology and marketing capabilities to revitalize the usTLD

Washington, DC, Tuesday, July 31 - GoDaddy.com, Inc. and Afilias USA, Inc., have teamed up to create The Domain Name Alliance Registry, LLC ("Alliance Registry"), a joint venture seeking to assume stewardship of the usTLD, America's sovereign space on the Internet.

Sedo Closes Highest .Info Aftermarket Sale
Jul 19, 2007

Cambridge, Mass., July 19, 2007 - Today, Sedo announced it has closed the highest .INFO sale to date, with Travel.info selling for $116,000 USD.

.INFO Domain Crosses 4 Million Registrations
Mar 20, 2007

.INFO now supports over 1 million dedicated Web sites after passing 5 year anniversary

DUBLIN, IRELAND - 20 March 2007 - Afilias, a global provider of Internet domain name registry services, announced today that the .INFO generic top-level domain has reached over 4 million domain names under management, marking a significant milestone just months after crossing its fifth anniversary of real time registrations available to the public. The four millionth name, ...