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'''MelbourneIT'''is a web hosting and internet domain register company which also provides related online business solutions products and services. This Australain company was founded in 1996 by The University of Melbourne to work with the private sector on IT projects. <ref>[http://www.melbourneit.info/about-us/our-history MelbourneIT.info]</ref>
 
'''MelbourneIT'''is a web hosting and internet domain register company which also provides related online business solutions products and services. This Australain company was founded in 1996 by The University of Melbourne to work with the private sector on IT projects. <ref>[http://www.melbourneit.info/about-us/our-history MelbourneIT.info]</ref>
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As a domain registrar, MelbourneIT had a [[de facto monopoly]] on '.au' domain for several years and it was the source of half of its profit. It was one of the first five [[Testbed Registrars|testbed Registrars]] for the competitive Shared Registry System announced by ICANN in 1999 and started register domain names under .com, .net and .org .<ref>[http://www.wallonie-isoc.org/Internet_Documents-en-francais/Hobbes_Internet-Timeline_trad.htm Robert H'obbes' Internet Timeline ]</ref>
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Revision as of 15:14, 3 November 2010

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Type: Public
Industry: Registrar, Hosting
Founded: Australia (1996)
Headquarters: Melbourne, Australia
Employees: 690+
Revenue: $200.1 million (AUD) (2009)
Website: http://www.melbourneit.com.au/
Key People
Theo Hnarakis, CEO & MD

Daniel Bennett , EVP
Gideon Culican, GM


MelbourneITis a web hosting and internet domain register company which also provides related online business solutions products and services. This Australain company was founded in 1996 by The University of Melbourne to work with the private sector on IT projects. [1]

As a domain registrar, MelbourneIT had a de facto monopoly on '.au' domain for several years and it was the source of half of its profit. It was one of the first five testbed Registrars for the competitive Shared Registry System announced by ICANN in 1999 and started register domain names under .com, .net and .org .[2]


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