French Connexion
French Connexion (Domaine.fr) is a domain name registrar for the country code top level domain (ccTLD) of France .fr. It also operates multi generic top-level domain names (gTLD).[1] The company also provides hosting, legal and technical services for its clients.
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| Industry: | Registry |
| Founded: | Nice-Sophia Antipoli south of France, 1996 |
| Founder(s): | Sam Syamak Bavafa |
| Headquarters: | 62 Av Estienne d'Orves 06000 Nice |
| Country: | France |
| Website: | Domaine.fr |
| Key People | |
| Sam Syamak Bavafa, CEO Christian Lenk, Marketing Director | |
Sam Syamak Bavafa, an enthusiast in the field of new technologies is the founder of French Connexion. He returned to France to establish the company after gaining experience in the internet industry, managing portfolios of domain names for local American companies and working for Sorm Design and Cisco in the design of telecommunications equipment.[2]
French Connexion is accredited by the ICANN, Association Française pour le Nommage Internet en Coopération (AFNIC); manager for the geographic domain names .fr and .re, [3] COREnic,a non-profit membership association and organization of internet domain name registrar and registries, [4] and EUDR, a Pan-European Consortium that manages the delegation of .eu extension [5].