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By 1990, the [[.com]] TLD had already reached as many as 20 million registered domains, therefore making it difficult for registrants to find short, simple and easy to remember domain names. In order to alleviate the situation, [[ICANN]] began requesting online proposals for new [[TLD]]s from registry stakeholders on August 5, 2000.<ref>

By 1990, the [[.com]] TLD had already reached as many as 20 million registered domains, therefore making it difficult for registrants to find short, simple and easy to remember domain names. In order to alleviate the situation, [[ICANN]] began requesting online proposals for new [[TLD]]s from registry stakeholders on August 5, 2000.<ref>

[http://www.iana.org/reports/2001/biz-info-report-25jun01.html IANA Report]</ref> By October 2000, ICANN had received 44 proposed domains, and in November of the same year, during the annual meeting, the Board of Directors approved 7 new TLDs: [[.aero]], [[.biz]], [[.coop]], '''.info''' [[.museum]], [[.name]] and [[.pro]].<ref>[http://www.afilias.info/webfm_send/15 .info History]</ref>

[http://www.iana.org/reports/2001/biz-info-report-25jun01.html IANA Report]</ref> By October 2000, ICANN had received 44 proposed domains, and in November of the same year, during the annual meeting, the Board of Directors approved 7 new TLDs: [[.aero]], [[.biz]], [[.coop]], .info, [[.museum]], [[.name]] and [[.pro]].<ref>[http://www.afilias.info/webfm_send/15 .info History]</ref>

ICANN approved Afilias's application to be the registry operator of .info on May 11, 2001.<ref>  

ICANN approved Afilias's application to be the registry operator of .info on May 11, 2001.<ref>  

==Significant Milestone==

==Significant Milestone==

In November 2002, .info reached 1 million registrations. Afilias identified that the one millionth name registered was '''los-angeles-real-estate-search.info''', which was registered through leading registrar [[GoDaddy]] Software, Inc.<ref>[http://www.afilias.info/news/2002/11/19/info-reaches-1-million-registrations Press Release]</ref>

In November 2002, .info reached 1 million registrations. Afilias identified that the one millionth name registered was los-angeles-real-estate-search.info, which was registered through leading registrar [[GoDaddy]] Software, Inc.<ref>[http://www.afilias.info/news/2002/11/19/info-reaches-1-million-registrations Press Release]</ref>

In March 2004, the first .info [[IDN]] solution was launched using German script. The Institut für Deutsche Sprache, Mannheim (The German Language Institute in Mannheim, Germany) worked with Afilias to develop an appropriate solution for addressing the needs of registrants in Germany and its surrounding areas using umlaut characters in compliance with ICANN IDN standards.<ref>[http://www.afilias.info/news/2003/09/18/afilias-launches-german-script-idns-info-domains Afilias Press Release]</ref>

In March 2004, the first .info [[IDN]] solution was launched using German script. The Institut für Deutsche Sprache, Mannheim (The German Language Institute in Mannheim, Germany) worked with Afilias to develop an appropriate solution for addressing the needs of registrants in Germany and its surrounding areas using umlaut characters in compliance with ICANN IDN standards.<ref>[http://www.afilias.info/news/2003/09/18/afilias-launches-german-script-idns-info-domains Afilias Press Release]</ref>

In 2006, .info expanded to offer IDN solutions in eight additional language scripts, including: Polish (PL), Swedish (SV), Danish (DA), Hungarian (HU), Icelandic (IS), Latvian (LV), Lithuanian (LT), and Korean (KO). During the same year, Afilias also announced the .info Award, a competition to find the best .info website and offered EUR 18,000 as the prize. '''AGEV - Arbeitsgemeinschaft Eingetragener Verein''' (Working Committee for Registered Clubs and Associations) won the award.<ref>[http://www.afilias.info/news/releases/2005 Afilias Press Release]</ref>

In 2006, .info expanded to offer IDN solutions in eight additional language scripts, including: Polish (PL), Swedish (SV), Danish (DA), Hungarian (HU), Icelandic (IS), Latvian (LV), Lithuanian (LT), and Korean (KO). During the same year, Afilias also announced the .info Award, a competition to find the best .info website and offered EUR 18,000 as the prize. AGEV - Arbeitsgemeinschaft Eingetragener Verein (Working Committee for Registered Clubs and Associations) won the award.<ref>[http://www.afilias.info/news/releases/2005 Afilias Press Release]</ref>

In 2008 Afilias implemented the .info Anti-Abuse Policy, prohibiting phishing, e-mail spam and other types of spam, the willful distribution of malware, the use of botnets and fast-flux hosting, the distribution of child pornography, illegal access to other computers or networks, and other illegal or fraudulent activities. Any website caught breaking the policy is to be reported to the proper authorities, and Afilias emphasized that it holds the option to remove the offending website from the .info domain space.

In 2008 Afilias implemented the .info Anti-Abuse Policy, prohibiting phishing, e-mail spam and other types of spam, the willful distribution of malware, the use of botnets and fast-flux hosting, the distribution of child pornography, illegal access to other computers or networks, and other illegal or fraudulent activities. Any website caught breaking the policy is to be reported to the proper authorities, and Afilias emphasized that it holds the option to remove the offending website from the .info domain space.