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They have become the domain managers for smaller nations in the Asia Pacific region,<ref>[http://www.ausregistry.com.au/corporate.php Ausregistry.com]</ref> such as the small island nation of Nauru. These deals are necessitated by the lack of formal infrastructure to provide national management of ones own [[ccTLD]]. The Solomon Islands relied on AusRegistry to develop their registration process from 2004-2007. Nauru, like the Solomon Islands before it, hopes that their current deal with AusRegistry will eventually result in a national infrastructure that is able to take over management of the [[ccTLD]].<ref>[http://www.inquisitr.com/43950/ausregistry-international-to-provide-domain-name-registry-services-for-nr/ Inquistir.com]</ref>
 
They have become the domain managers for smaller nations in the Asia Pacific region,<ref>[http://www.ausregistry.com.au/corporate.php Ausregistry.com]</ref> such as the small island nation of Nauru. These deals are necessitated by the lack of formal infrastructure to provide national management of ones own [[ccTLD]]. The Solomon Islands relied on AusRegistry to develop their registration process from 2004-2007. Nauru, like the Solomon Islands before it, hopes that their current deal with AusRegistry will eventually result in a national infrastructure that is able to take over management of the [[ccTLD]].<ref>[http://www.inquisitr.com/43950/ausregistry-international-to-provide-domain-name-registry-services-for-nr/ Inquistir.com]</ref>
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They also provide consultations for the operation of South Africa's [[.za]] [[ccTLD]], which is the largest ccTLD in Africa.<ref>[http://www.domainnews.com/en/ausregistry-international-wins-another-lucrative-middle-east-internet-contract.html DomainNews.com]</ref> They were responsible for consolidating the disparate registries for .za [[SLD]]s into one, central registry.<ref>[http://www.ecommercereport.com.au/?p=907 eCommerceReport]</ref>
 
===Expansion into IDNs===
 
===Expansion into IDNs===
 
ARI Registry serves has recently been solidifying their reputation as an international registry, domain manager, and software developer. They have secured deals with Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates to provide software support for their respective registry services. It is the first company in the world to provide the support necessary to carry these countries' Arabic-based [[IDN]] services live, and facilitate the use of Arabic as a primary Internet language. Given these solid partnerships, AusRegistry is poised to continue to grow throughout the region and become a power-player in [[IDN]]s. The Omani Telecommunications regulatory body commented that “AusRegistry International met the evaluation criteria and were the highest ranked respondents to the tender issued by the [Telecommunications Ministry] for the provision of a new Domain Name Registry System for Oman. As such, [we have] chosen to partner with AusRegistry International to establish a new Domain Name Registry System for Oman that will provide benefits to the Omani community for many years to come".<ref>[http://www.domainpulse.com/2011/03/08/ausregistry-international-spreads-registry-wings-to-include-oman/ DomainPulse.com]</ref>
 
ARI Registry serves has recently been solidifying their reputation as an international registry, domain manager, and software developer. They have secured deals with Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates to provide software support for their respective registry services. It is the first company in the world to provide the support necessary to carry these countries' Arabic-based [[IDN]] services live, and facilitate the use of Arabic as a primary Internet language. Given these solid partnerships, AusRegistry is poised to continue to grow throughout the region and become a power-player in [[IDN]]s. The Omani Telecommunications regulatory body commented that “AusRegistry International met the evaluation criteria and were the highest ranked respondents to the tender issued by the [Telecommunications Ministry] for the provision of a new Domain Name Registry System for Oman. As such, [we have] chosen to partner with AusRegistry International to establish a new Domain Name Registry System for Oman that will provide benefits to the Omani community for many years to come".<ref>[http://www.domainpulse.com/2011/03/08/ausregistry-international-spreads-registry-wings-to-include-oman/ DomainPulse.com]</ref>
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They also provide consultations for the operation of South Africa's [[.za]] [[ccTLD]], which is the largest ccTLD in Africa.<ref>[http://www.domainnews.com/en/ausregistry-international-wins-another-lucrative-middle-east-internet-contract.html DomainNews.com]</ref> They were responsible for consolidating the disparate registries for .za [[SLD]]s into one, central registry.<ref>[http://www.ecommercereport.com.au/?p=907 eCommerceReport]</ref>
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===New gTLD Services===
 
===New gTLD Services===
 
AusRegistry became heavily involved in the promotion of new [[gTLD]]s in 2011, and they have focused their marketing efforts on promoting their registry back-end services. In September, 2011, one of the first public gTLD applicants, GJB Partners, announced that they would be contracting with AusRegistry for the back-end of their proposed [[.jewelers]] domain.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/ausregistry-wins-jewelers-deal/ AusRegistry Wins Jewelers Deal, DomainIncite.com]</ref>
 
AusRegistry became heavily involved in the promotion of new [[gTLD]]s in 2011, and they have focused their marketing efforts on promoting their registry back-end services. In September, 2011, one of the first public gTLD applicants, GJB Partners, announced that they would be contracting with AusRegistry for the back-end of their proposed [[.jewelers]] domain.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/ausregistry-wins-jewelers-deal/ AusRegistry Wins Jewelers Deal, DomainIncite.com]</ref>