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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 huge, 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, in November 2000, Afilias was selected by [[ICANN]] to launch the .info [[gTLD]]. The success of the .info domains was huge, being considered the most successful new [[gTLD]] after the launch of .com.  
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The headquarters of Afilias is located in the capital city of Ireland, Dublin, as Afilias limited is an Irish company. Still, they also 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.
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The headquarters of Afilias is located in the capital city of Ireland, Dublin, as Afilias limited is an Irish company. Still, 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.
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Afilias is the second largest domain services provider, supporting over 14 million domain names, as of January 2008.
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Afilias is the second largest domain services provider after [[VeriSign]], supporting over 14 million domain names, as of January 2008.
    
== Products and services ==
 
== Products and services ==
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Afilias is a domain service provider and a domain registrar.  
 
Afilias is a domain service provider and a domain registrar.  
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'''Service provider for the following TLD:'''
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'''Service provider for the following [[ccTLD]]s:'''  
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* .vc    (Internet country code top level domain for Saint Vincent & Grenadine)
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* .sc    (Internet country code top level domain for Seychelles)
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* .org    (generic Top Level Domain)
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* .mn    (Internet country code top level domain for Mongolia)
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* .me    (Internet country code top level domain for Montenegro)
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* .lc      (Internet country code top level domain for Saint Lucia)
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* .in      (Internet country code top level domain for India)
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* .hn    (Internet country code top level domain for Honduras)
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* .gi      (Internet country code top level domain for Gibraltar)
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* .bz    (Internet country code top level domain for Belize)
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* .ag    (Internet country code top level domain for Antigua and Barbuda)
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* .aero  (generic Top Level Domain for the Airline and Aviation industry)
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* .asia  (sponsored top level domain for people, organizations and companies based in the region of Asia, the Pacific and Australia)
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'''Registry operator for the following TLD'''
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* .vc    (Saint Vincent & Grenadine)
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* .sc    (Seychelles)
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* .org    ([[gTLD]])
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* .mn    (Mongolia)
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* .me    (Montenegro)
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* .lc    (Saint Lucia)
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* .in    (India)
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* .hn    (Honduras)
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* .gi    (Gibraltar)
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* .bz    (Belize)
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* .ag    (Antigua and Barbuda)
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* .aero  ([[gTLD]] for the Airline and Aviation industry)
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* .asia  ([[sTLD]] for the region including Asia, the Pacific and Australia)
 
* .info  
 
* .info  
 
* .mobi  
 
* .mobi  
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