Instra Corporation
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| Type: | Privately held |
| Industry: | Internet |
| Founded: | 1997 |
| Headquarters: | Melbourne |
| Country: | Australia |
| Website: | www.instra.com |
| LinkedIn: | Instra Corporation |
| Key People | |
| Tony Lentin, CEO Samantha Frida, Senior Manager of Strategic Partnerships | |
Instra Corporation is a domain name registrar accredited by ICANN and 60 registries, it operates in 250 countries with a multi-lingual team providing customer support. Established in 1997, the company is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia and has other offices in New Zealand and Europe.[1]
Technology
The DNS system of Instra Corporation is capable of operating with little performance loss, even if a large network outage occurs, because it is deployed in three continents worldwide, uses the latest GeoIP technology, and hosted in state-of-the-art data centers. The company's DNS system is powered by a database engine, which allows real-time updating of domain name zones, and the whole network runs through CISCO equipment.[2]
Instra is a pioneer of ENUM Technology; the company participated in the ENUM Trial, which was launched by the Australian ENUM Registry On June 6, 2005. Instra was the first fully accredited ENUM Registrar to manage ENUM Domains.[3] Instra has been successful in using ENUM to interconnect conventional phones, VoIP-enabled phones, and GSM Wireless services.
Services
The company provides domain name registration, transfer, bulk registration, corporate domains, domain trustee services, company formation, web hosting and e-mail hosting, and PhNUM.
Membership
The company is a member of different organizations such as the International Trademark Association, Australia’s Communications Alliance, as well as the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman, and ICANN.