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New MailYourBallot.vote site supports Vote-by-Mail amid COVID concerns
May 04, 2020

Salt Lake City, UT – May 04, 2020 –Monolith Registry, the registry operator for the dotVOTEweb address today announces the launch of MailYourBallot.vote, a fast, easy to use central location to find the latest information about how to vote by mail in YOUR state. 

ILOVE.PR - Prime Domains Released for the PR Industry
Apr 27, 2020

Historic Release of 64,000 Premium Names Ending in .PR

San Juan, Puerto Rico – April 27, 2020 –  Today, nic.PR (the .PR registry operator) and Afilias (its technology partner) announce the release of 64,000 prime dotPR names beginning at 0900 EDT.

Blacknight Chooses Afilias for Managed DNS with Anycast
Apr 21, 2020

Horsham, Pennsylvania – April 20, 2020 - Afilias, the world’s second largest domain name registry, today announced that Blacknight has chosen Afilias for its Managed DNS service with Anycast technology.

Public Announcement
Dec 23, 2019

AFILIAS, INC.

Public Announcement
Amendment No. 1 to the Offer to Purchase and Letter of Transmittal

December 23, 2019

Afilias, Inc. (the “Company”) announced today that it elected to increase the number of shares of common stock that the Company offers to purchase from the stockholders of record at the close of business on December 2, 2019 from up to 125,000 shares to up to 250,000 shares.

Afilias endorses Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC) Final Report at Paris Peace Forum
Nov 12, 2019

Afilias proud to have served on GCSC Management Board

101domain Launches MMX & ICM Registry’s New AdultBlock Service to Block Registrations in .ADULT, .PORN, .SEX and .XXX
Aug 19, 2019

Vista, CA – August 19, 2019 – 101domain, the domain registrar known for carrying the largest selection of top-level domains in the industry, is expanding their brand protection offering with a new domain blocking service from MMX’s ICM Registry. AdultBlock and AdultBlock+ join the likes of Donut’s DPML, Uniregistry’s EPS, and The...

.PR Internet Domain turns 30!
Aug 15, 2019

Serving Puerto Ricans and the public relations industry for 30 years

San Juan, Puerto Rico - August 15, 2019 – Gauss Research Laboratory, Inc, the registry operator for .PR, Puerto Rico’s top level domain (TLD), and Afilias, its technology partner, announced today that the .PR domain will reach the milestone of 30 years of service to both the Puerto Rican internet community and the public relations industry as of August 27,...

Afilias To Acquire .GLOBAL Top Level Domain
Jun 24, 2019

.GLOBAL in top 5% of new TLDs

Afilias Appoints Keith Lubsen as Chief Business Officer
Mar 08, 2019
Former VP of Business Development Promoted to CBO
 
Afilias Appoints Ram Mohan as Chief Operating Officer
Mar 06, 2019

Former EVP/CTO Promoted to COO