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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 the ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) to launch the .info gTLD. The succes of the .info domains was huge, being considered the most succesful new gTLD after the launch of the .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.
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.
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.