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− | {{CompanyInfo| | + | {{CompanyInfo| | logo =GMO_Registry_Logo.png |
− | | logo = GMO Registry.png | + | | type = Public |
− | | type = Public | + | | industry = Registry |
− | | industry = Registry | + | | founded = 2009 |
− | | founded = 2009 | + | | founders = |
− | | capital = JPY 100,000,000 | + | | ownership = GMO Internet Group |
− | | headquarters = Cerulean Tower 9-12F,<br> | + | | headquarters = Cerulean Tower 9-12F,<br>26-1 Sakuragaokacho,<br> Shibuya ku, Tokyo |
− | 26-1 Sakuragaokacho,<br> | |
− | Shibuya ku, Tokyo,<br> | |
− | JAPAN
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| | country = Japan | | | country = Japan |
− | | ownership = GMO Internet Group | + | | businesses = |
− | | founders = | + | | products = |
− | | website = [http://www.gmo-registry.com/en/ GMO-Registry (English site)] | + | | employees = |
| + | | revenue = |
| + | | website = [http://www.gmo-registry.com/en/ GMO Registry (English site)] |
| + | | blog = |
| + | | facebook = |
| + | | linkedin = |
| | twitter = gmoregistry | | | twitter = gmoregistry |
− | | key people =[[Masatoshi Kumagai]], CEO<br> | + | | keypeople = [[Masatoshi Kumagai]], Chairperson of the Board of Directors<br> |
− | [[Hirokatsu Ohigashi]], Executive Director<br> | + | [[Hiro Tsukahara]], Representative Director and CEO<br> |
− | [[Hiroyuki Nishiyama]], Director<br>
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− | [[Tadashi Ito]], Director<br>
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| [[Yoshitake Tamura]], Director<br> | | [[Yoshitake Tamura]], Director<br> |
| [[Yusuke Adachi]], Director<br> | | [[Yusuke Adachi]], Director<br> |
− | [[Hiroya Tsukahara]], Director<br> | + | [[Tomoyuki Furuya]], Auditor<br> |
− | [[Masashi Yasuda]], Auditor | + | [[Takaaki Matsunaga]], Auditor<br> |
| + | [[Tomohisa Matsuba]], Auditor<br> |
| + | }} |
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− | }}
| + | '''GMO Registry''' is the Registry Provider for 51 TLDs, originally assisting with the new [[gTLD]] application process approved by [[ICANN]] in 2008. GMO Registry was the first such business in Japan;<ref>[http://www.gmo.jp/en/news/article/?id=374 GMO]</ref> and it is one of many businesses that make up the highly successful and diversified, GMO Internet Group.<ref>[http://www.gmo.jp/en/company-profile/groupinfo/ GMO Internet Group]</ref> In November 20011, it was announced that the Tokyo Metropolitan Government had chosen to work with GMO Registry on its proposed [[.tokyo]] [[gTLD]].<ref>[http://www.jpubb.com/press/315991/ Press Release, JPubb.com]</ref> |
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| + | ==Services<ref name=":0">[https://www.gmoregistry.com/en/ GMO Registry]</ref>== |
| + | * ''' TLD Registry Operations and Management''' |
| + | Management, operation and sales of TLDs for which GMO Registry is the Registry Operator; [[.shop]], [[.tokyo]], [[.nagoya]], [[.yokohama]] |
| + | * '''TLD Backend Registry Services and Support Services''' |
| + | Registry Service Provider. TLD management and operations. |
| + | * '''Specialized TLD Backend Registry Services and Support Services for Brand TLDs''' |
| + | Management and operation of TLDs representing global brands including [[.canon]], [[.hitachi]], [[.toshiba]] |
| + | * '''ccTLD (country code Top Level Domain) Operations and Support''' |
| + | Management, operation and support for [[ccTLD]]s including Indonesia's ccTLD, [[.id]] |
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− | '''GMO Registry offers''' assistance with the new [[gTLD]] application process which was approved by [[ICANN]] in 2008. [[ICANN]] expects that the application process will start considering new [[gTLD]]s in early 2011.<ref>[http://www.gmo-registry.com/en/about/ GMO-Registry About]</ref>
| + | == History<ref name=":0" /> == |
| + | {| class="wikitable" |
| + | |July 2009 |
| + | |[[GMO Registry, Inc.]] is founded. |
| + | |- |
| + | |April 2010 |
| + | |Contracted to provide backend registry operation and support services to the Federal Republic of Somalia for .so. |
| + | |- |
| + | |May 2010 |
| + | |Partnership formed with Canon, Inc. to provide application and operation support for .canon. |
| + | |- |
| + | |September 2011 |
| + | |Contracted to provide backend registry operation and support services to the Republic of Indonesia for .id. |
| + | |- |
| + | |November 2011 |
| + | |GMO Registry receives official support from the Tokyo metropolitan government for .tokyo top level domain. |
| + | |- |
| + | |April 2012 |
| + | |Contracted to provide backend registry operation and support services for Japanese Geo TLDs .okinawa and .ryukyu. |
| + | |- |
| + | |July 2014 |
| + | |.tokyo opens for registration. |
| + | |- |
| + | |May 2015 |
| + | |GMO Registry launches 20th brand TLD on behalf of brand clients. |
| + | |- |
| + | |December 2015 |
| + | |Partnership formed with GMO Brights Consulting, Inc. to provide backend registry services to Brights Consulting customers. |
| + | |- |
| + | |January 2016 |
| + | |GMO Registry acquires .shop in record-breaking ICANN public auction. |
| + | |- |
| + | |September 2016 |
| + | |.shop opens registration. |
| + | |- |
| + | |January 2017 |
| + | |.shop opens for registration in China. |
| + | |- |
| + | |August 2022 |
| + | |GMO enters into a partnership with [[Unstoppable Domains]] called CryptoName, becoming the blockchain platform's first partnership with a traditional domain name [[registrar]].<ref>[https://domainnamewire.com/2022/08/05/gmo-offers-blockchain-domains-to-japanese-market/ GMO Offers Blockchain Domains to Japanese Market, Domain Name Wire]</ref> |
| + | |} |
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− | GMO Registry is the first such business in Japan;<ref>[http://www.gmo.jp/en/news/article/?id=374 GMO]</ref> and it is one of many business that make up the highly successful and diversified, [[GMO Internet Group]].<ref>[http://www.gmo.jp/en/company-profile/groupinfo/ GMO Internet Group]</ref>
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− | ==Services==
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− | The services offered by GMO Registry fall into three main categories:
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− | *New [[gTLD]] application consultation
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− | *Registry Services
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− | *Marketing Support<ref>[http://www.gmo-registry.com/en/service/ GMO Registry Services]</ref>
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
| {{reflist}} | | {{reflist}} |
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− | [[Category: Registry]] | + | [[Category: Registries]] |
| [[Category: Japan]] | | [[Category: Japan]] |
− | [[Category: Companies]] | + | [[Category:Sponsor]] |