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| keypeople        = [[Juan Diego Calle]], CEO<br>
 
| keypeople        = [[Juan Diego Calle]], CEO<br>
 
[[Eduardo Santoyo]], Corporate VP<br>
 
[[Eduardo Santoyo]], Corporate VP<br>
[[Nicolai Bezsonoff]], COO
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[[Nicolai Bezsonoff]], COO<br>
[[Crystal Peterson]], Sr. Manager
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[[Crystal Peterson]], Sr. Manager<br>
 
[[Lori Anne Wardi]], Director
 
[[Lori Anne Wardi]], Director
 
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'''.CO Internet S.A.S.''' is a company formed by [[Arcelandia S.A.]], a Colombian company, and the U.S. company [[Neustar]] Inc., for the purpose of developing and operating the .co Internet registry; it is responsible for the promotion, administration, and technical operation of the [[.co]] [[TLD]].<ref>[http://www.cointernet.co/frequently-asked-questions/general-co-faqs CoInternet FAQ]</ref>
 
'''.CO Internet S.A.S.''' is a company formed by [[Arcelandia S.A.]], a Colombian company, and the U.S. company [[Neustar]] Inc., for the purpose of developing and operating the .co Internet registry; it is responsible for the promotion, administration, and technical operation of the [[.co]] [[TLD]].<ref>[http://www.cointernet.co/frequently-asked-questions/general-co-faqs CoInternet FAQ]</ref>
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While .co was originally the [[ccTLD]] of Colombia, .CO Internet was created to facilitate .co becoming [[gTLD]]; since July, 2010 it has been available to the general public outside of Colombia.<ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2011-01-16-godaddy-domain_N.htm USA Today]</ref>
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While .co was originally the [[ccTLD]] of Colombia, .CO Internet was created to facilitate .co becoming a [[gTLD]]; since July, 2010 it has been available to the general public outside of Colombia.<ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2011-01-16-godaddy-domain_N.htm USA Today]</ref>
    
.Co Internet has decided to work with only a dozen [[registrar]]s in its first year.<ref>[http://www.cointernet.co/registrars/co-registrars .Co Internet Registrars]</ref> In its first 6 months (July-January 2010), some 600,000 .co domain names were registered;<ref>[http://sullysblog.com/Lori-Anne-Wardi Sully's Blog]</ref> [[GoDaddy]] has registered about 250,000 of those.<ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2011-01-16-godaddy-domain_N.htm USA Today]</ref>.
 
.Co Internet has decided to work with only a dozen [[registrar]]s in its first year.<ref>[http://www.cointernet.co/registrars/co-registrars .Co Internet Registrars]</ref> In its first 6 months (July-January 2010), some 600,000 .co domain names were registered;<ref>[http://sullysblog.com/Lori-Anne-Wardi Sully's Blog]</ref> [[GoDaddy]] has registered about 250,000 of those.<ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2011-01-16-godaddy-domain_N.htm USA Today]</ref>.
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Twitter has also made news for using a one-word domain, t.co, to provide additional services to its customers.<ref>[http://t.co/ T.Co]</ref>
 
Twitter has also made news for using a one-word domain, t.co, to provide additional services to its customers.<ref>[http://t.co/ T.Co]</ref>
 
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==Awards and Recognition==
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In April, 2011, it was announced that .co Internet's CEO, Juan Diego Calle, was named top technology executive of the year by the Miami Department of Commerce's "Technology Leaders of the Year Awards".<ref>[http://www.cointernet.co/blog/juan-diego-calle-named-technology-executive-year .CoInternet]</ref>
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
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