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| type            = Privately Held

| type            = Privately Held

| industry        = Registry

| industry        = Registry

| founded        = London, UK (2000)

| founded        = London, England, 2000

| headquarters    = London E14

| headquarters    = London E14

| country        = UK

| country        = UK

| products        = .name domains

| website        = http://www.gnr.com

| products        =  

| keypeople      = [[Hakon Haugnes]], president

| website        = [http://www.gnr.com gnr.com]

| keypeople      = [[Hakon Haugnes]], President

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GNR or Global Name Registry was a domain name registry operator and technology infrastructure company. They were the domain registry operator for the .name [[gTLD]] and was bought in 2008 by [[VeriSign]].  

'''GNR''', or '''Global Name Registry''', was a domain name registry operator and technology infrastructure company. They were the domain registry operator for the [[.name]] [[gTLD]] and were bought in 2008 by [[Verisign]].  

== History ==

== History ==

Global Name Registry was founded in 1999 to "provide personalized communication" <ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-92289518.html Article: Global Name Registry Appoints Chuck Mancini Chief Executive; New CEO Brings Wealth of Industry Experience.]</ref>. The headquarters of Global Name Registry was located in London, UK. A number of important investors supported Global Name Registry, including Four Seasons Venture AS, Northzone Ventures AS and Carlyle Europe Venture Partners.  

Global Name Registry was founded in 1999 to "provide personalized communication".<ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-92289518.html Article: Global Name Registry Appoints Chuck Mancini Chief Executive; New CEO Brings Wealth of Industry Experience.]</ref> The headquarters of Global Name Registry was located in London, UK. A number of important investors supported Global Name Registry, including Four Seasons Venture AS, Northzone Ventures AS, and Carlyle Europe Venture Partners.  

[[ICANN]] assigned Global Name Registry to be the domain registry operator of .name domains on 1 August 2001. The actual debut of .name domains happened shortly after, in 2002. Global Name Registry saw the .name domains as being a tool which could offer "individuals worldwide personal, memorable digital identities". The most important services offered by Global Name Registry included a personalized domain name and a personalized e-mail address with forward capabilities.  

[[ICANN]] assigned Global Name Registry to be the domain registry operator of [[.name]] domains on August 1st, 2001. The actual debut of [[.name]] domains happened shortly thereafter, in 2002. Global Name Registry saw the [[.name]] domains as being a tool which could offer "individuals worldwide personal, memorable digital identities". The most important services offered by Global Name Registry included a personalized domain name and a personalized e-mail address with forward capabilities.  

Global Name Registry was acquired by [[VeriSign]] on 1 October 2008.<ref>[http://techcrunch.com/2008/10/03/domain-name-consolidation-verisign-acquires-name-guys/ TechRadar article on GNR being bought by VeriSign]</ref> [[VeriSign]] was approved as being the new .name [[gTLD]] operator by [[ICANN]] in 2009.  

Global Name Registry was acquired by [[Verisign]] on October 1st, 2008.<ref>[http://techcrunch.com/2008/10/03/domain-name-consolidation-verisign-acquires-name-guys/ TechRadar article on GNR being bought by Verisign]</ref> [[Verisign]] was approved as being the new [[.name]] [[gTLD]] operator by [[ICANN]] in 2009.

== References ==

== References ==

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