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Acknowledging 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, Afilias was selected by [[ICANN]] to launch the [[.info]] [[gTLD]], which has been called the most successful new [[gTLD]] after the launch of [[.com]].
Acknowledging 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, Afilias was selected by [[ICANN]] to launch the [[.info]] [[gTLD]], which has been called the most successful new [[gTLD]] after the launch of [[.com]].
The headquarters of Afilias is located in Dublin, Ireland. They have a large number of offices worldwide, including operational offices in New Delhi, India, an operations center in Toronto, Canada, American offices in Philadelphia, and sales offices in London, U.K. Afilias Canada Corp also includes operational facilities in Ontario and sales offices in Vancouver.<ref>[http://www.afilias.info/contact-us/offices Info], Afilias.info.</ref>
The headquarters of Afilias is located in Horsham, Pennsylvania, USA. They have a large number of offices worldwide, including their former headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, operational offices in New Delhi, India, an operations center in Toronto, Canada, and sales offices in London, U.K. Afilias Canada Corp also includes operational facilities in Ontario and sales offices in Vancouver.<ref>[http://www.afilias.info/contact-us/offices Info], Afilias.info.</ref>
Afilias is the second largest domain services provider after [[Verisign]], supporting over 14 million domain names, as of January 2008.<ref>[http://www.osbr.ca/ojs/index.php/osbr/article/view/1142/1093 Osbr.ca]</ref>
Afilias is the second largest domain services provider after [[Verisign]], supporting over 14 million domain names, as of January 2008.<ref>[http://www.osbr.ca/ojs/index.php/osbr/article/view/1142/1093 Osbr.ca]</ref>