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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)

Afilias Joins The National Cyber Security Alliance in Global Effort to Support Data Privacy Day by Signing On as a Champion
Jan 27, 2017

Hundreds of Organizations and Individuals Collaborate to Generate Awareness About the Importance of Respecting Privacy, Safeguarding Data and Enabling Trust

Afilias Chairman Jonathan Robinson Wins ICANN’s 2016 Leadership Award at ICANN 57
Nov 07, 2016

Robinson’s contribution recognized a second time!

Hyderabad, Telangana, India – November 05, 2016 – Afilias, a leading domain registry operator, congratulates Jonathan Robinson, Executive Chairman of Afilias’ Board of Directors, on receiving the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) 2016 Leadership Award for his contributions to the ICANN and broader internet community.

Airpush Chooses DeviceAtlas to Provide Device Awareness to Mobile Ad Network
Aug 15, 2016

Partnership enables device targeting in line with RTB standard

Afilias Acquires Premium TLDs .ARCHI, .BIO and .SKI
Aug 08, 2016

DUBLIN – August 08, 2016 - Afilias, a leading domain registry operator, is pleased toannounce the acquisition of StartingDot, the Registry Operator for 3 new TLDs: .ARCHI, .BIO and .SKI.  The acquisition agreement is part of Afilias’ ongoing program of acquiring new TLDs to add to its portfolio. StartingDot’s TLDs are a good fit with other Afilias TLD’s such as .ORGANIC, .GREEN, .BLUE, and .PRO.

StartingDot brands being acquired by...