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==History ==

==History ==

As an acknowledgement of the need for more competition at the registry level of the domain name industry, a number of important domain name [[:Category:Registrars|registrars]] created Afilias in September 2000. Just two months later, in November 2000, Afilias was selected by [[ICANN]] to launch the .info [[gTLD]]. The success of the .info domains was large, being considered the most successful new [[gTLD]] after the launch of .com.  

As an acknowledgement of the need for more competition at the registry level of the domain name industry, a number of important domain name [[:Category:Registrars|registrars]] created Afilias in September, 2000. Just two months later Afilias was selected by [[ICANN]] to launch the [[.info]] [[gTLD]]. The success of the [[.info]] domains was significant, and it has been conisdered the most successful new [[gTLD]] after the launch of [[.com]].  

The headquarters of Afilias is located in the capital city of Ireland, Dublin, as Afilias limited is an Irish company.  They have a large number of offices worldwide, including operational offices in New Delhi, India, an operations center in Toronto,Canada, USA offices in Philadelphia and sales offices in London, UK. Afilias Canada Corp also includes operational facilities in Ontario and sales offices in Vancouver.

The headquarters of Afilias is located in Dublin, as Afilias limited is an Irish company.  They have a large number of offices worldwide, including operational offices in New Delhi, India, an operations center in Toronto,Canada, American offices in Philadelphia, and sales offices in London, U.K. Afilias Canada Corp also includes operational facilities in Ontario and sales offices in Vancouver.

Afilias is the second largest domain services provider after [[VeriSign]], supporting over 14 million domain names, as of January 2008.

Afilias is the second largest domain services provider after [[VeriSign]], supporting over 14 million domain names, as of January 2008.