Momentous
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| Type: | Private |
| Industry: | Internet |
| Founded: | 1995(Canada) |
| Founder(s): | Rob Hall |
| Headquarters: | 26 Auriga Dr Nepean, ON K2E 8B7, Canada |
| Employees: | 30 |
| Revenue: | 2,469,060 |
| Website: | Momentous.ca |
| Key People | |
| Rob Hall, CEO | |
Momentous.ca is an intenet-based company specializing in the growth of a wide range of other internet businesses. Momentous.ca provides various internet services for government agencies, individuals, law firms, financial institutions, and packaged goods producers in Canada. Situated in "Silicon Valley North", this wholly owned Canadian business has additional offices in Barbados and Australia.[1]. Currently, Momentous.ca has an annual revenue of $2,469,060, and employs a staff of about 30. [2].
The company has a strategic partnership with Canada Post. [3] Portfolio companies for Momentous.ca includes DomainsatCost, Internic.ca, MAD Inc, Namescout, Zip.ca, Rebel.com etc.[4].Together, these companies have over 1,000,000 individual and corporate customers. [5]
History
- Rob Hall, University of Ottawa computer science graduate and IT Entrepreneur from started Romel Corp In 1995.[6] In 2000, the company changed it name to Momentous when the company was lunched as "Internet Ebusiness Incubator" to provide strategic support services to Internet start-ups. [7]
- In 1997, Rob Hall started his first registrar company, Internic.ca, a subsidiary of Momentous.ca. According to Rob Hall, Internic.ca is Canada's largest registrar, with customers such as the Government of Canada and Chapters.ca. [8]
- In 1999, the company added two more registrar subsidiaries DomainsAtCost.ca, an ICANN and CIRA accredited registrar providing mainly providing low-cost domain name registration services and NameScout.com, a Barbados based subsidiary providing premium registrar services to international clients [9] In December, 2001, Namescout.com obtained provisional accreditation from the Australian Domain Administration (auDA) as one of the first registrars in .au registration market. [10]
- In early 2003, Momentous.ca lunched Pool.com a domain market place company in in Ottawa, Canada. [11] Momentous.ca also started Zip.ca Inc, an online video rental service provider company for Canada in 2003. [12]
- In November 2005, Momentous.ca formed a lobby group called called Coalition for ICANN Transparency (CIFT) and filed a lawsuit against ICANN and VeriSign in order to stop implementation of the proposed .com registry agreement[13] between ICANN and VeriSign. [14] The Trail court granted Verisign's motion to dismiss the case but later appeals Court revived the anti-trust suit against VeriSign in 2009. [15]. It was reported August 2010 that VeriSign is considering a settlement for CFIT lawsuit. Domain Incite
- In 2006, Momentous.ca lunched another domain name registrar named Rebel.com. [16]. In 2007, the company lunched MyRebel.com offering domainers the ability interact directly with the domain registries.
- In 2009, Momentous.ca started its newest subsidiary, MAD (Momentous Advertising and Design) Inc. , an advertising and graphics design company.[17]
Products and Services
Momentous.ca is a holding company of several Internet and consumer companies. [18]The subsidiaries include
- Internic.ca: ICANN and AUDA (.au) accredited registrar and Canada's first accredited .CA registrar providing domain name management services.
- DomainsAtCost.ca:CIRA and ICANN accredited registrar providing low-cost domain name registration services.
- NameScout.com: ICANN accredited registrar providing domain registration, web hosting and email services
- Pool.com: A domain-market place company to buy and sell domain names in auction or fixed price formats.
- Zip.ca: A video rental company providing movie and television programs all over Canada.
- Rebel.com:ICANN accredited domain name registrar which also offers bulk domain & portfolio management.
- MAD Inc.: digital marketing agency providing website design, digital content development, social media soluutions etc