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20 Afilias Top Level Domains Now Licensed for Sale in China
Feb 13, 2019

Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) Approves 15 Additional Afilias Top Level Domains (TLDs)
Newly approved TLDs are: “.ARCHI",".BIO",".BLACK",".BLUE",".GREEN",".LOTTO",".ORGANIC",".PET", ".PINK",".POKER",".PROMO",". SKI",".VOTE",".VOTO" and .移动(xn--6frz82g, means “mobile”)

Afilias Joins Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace
Jan 15, 2019

Afilias to participate in GCSC’s fifth CyberStability hearings on January 22, 2019, in Geneva

Afilias Sets GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ Title: Largest Migration of an Internet Top-Level Domain in a Single Transition
Sep 18, 2018

 

Afilias successfully completed the historic transition of more than 3.1 million domain names in the .au internet top level domain.
 

Afilias Moves to the US
Aug 30, 2018
Afilias Inc. becomes a US multinational
 
Horsham, PA – August 30, 2018 – Afilias, a leading domain registry operator, announced today that it has formally established a new corporate parent entity, Afilias, Inc. of Delaware, USA.  Afilias plc of Ireland is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Afilias, Inc.  Afilias further announced the relocation of its global corporate headquarters to Horsham, PA, the current offices of...
New .LLC Domain Landrush Period Begins July 9 (General Availability Begins July 23rd)
Jul 09, 2018

DUBLIN, IRELAND – July 09, 2018 – Afilias, a leading domain registry operator, announces that landrush for the new “dot LLC” or .LLC top level domain begins today. With the introduction of .LLC, Limited Liability Companies will now be able to establish Internet identities which are more closely aligned with their existing identities and branding, rather than modifying their name or brand to adapt to limited choices in more crowded...

dotPR Addresses Remain Operational Despite Puerto Rico Island Wide Power Outage
Apr 18, 2018

Registry Services for .PR ccTLD provided by Afilias

San Juan, Puerto Rico - Dublin, Ireland - April 18, 2018 – Gauss Research Laboratories, the .PR ccTLD manager, is pleased to announce that addresses are still up and running and will work worldwide despite the power situation in Puerto Rico. GRL enacted a significant upgrade to the infrastructure supporting .PR address in January this year, following its selection of Afilias plc to provide...

Afilias selected to Provide Registry Services for .PR ccTLD
Jan 08, 2018

San Juan, Puerto Rico - Dublin, Ireland - January 08 2018 – Gauss Research Laboratories, the .PR ccTLD manager, is pleased to announce that it has selected Afilias, a leading domain registry operator, to provide technical services to support Puerto Rico’s country code top level domain (ccTLD) on the Internet, .PR.

Afilias Selected to Provide Registry Services for .AU ccTLD
Dec 19, 2017
Major Media Websites Lose Audience Due to Slow Load Times on Mobile
May 22, 2017

Samsung loses up to 5% of web traffic share between Q4 2016 and Q1 2017
New DeviceAtlas Mobile Web Intelligence Report reveals latest mobile trends Q1 2017

5 Afilias Top Level Domains Now Licensed for Sale in China
Apr 06, 2017

.INFO, .MOBI, .PRO, .RED, and .KIM are powered by Afilias, the first western registry operator to be licensed for in-country operations by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT)