Registry services

dot Brands Need to Look under the Hood before Partnering


As the countdown for the ICANN gTLD program ticks away its final 100 days, potential dot Brand applicants have to make important decisions in a short space of time: whether to apply for a new TLD, how to best leverage a new top-level domain, and which gTLD partner to choose.

Afilias to sponsor Columbia Business School webinar on ICANN new gTLD program and dot Brand domains

 

Free global event features business, branding, and Internet experts focusing on the strategic questions surrounding new TLDs for brands

Afilias launches international contest to explore innovative uses of new top-level domains

"Global Innovation Contest for New TLD Ideas" represents first-of-its-kind competition for defining new domain concepts

DUBLIN -- October 3, 2011 -- Afilias Limited, a leading Internet registry services provider, today announced a rapid-fire contest to generate ideas for new top-level domains (new TLDs). As organizations consider whether or not to invest in new TLDs under the forthcoming ICANN New TLD program, they may not consider all the possibilities for new TLDs. The "Afilias Global Innovation Contest for New TLD Ideas" is designed to address that issue.

AFRINIC 18

Datum: 
Jun 15, 2013
Location: 
Lusaka, Zambia

AFRINIC 18 takes place from 15 to 21 June 2013 during the Africa Internet Summit 2013. The AFRINIC 18 Meeting starts with AFRINIC training sessions. This is followed by an Africa Operators Day and the Social Event. The Meeting ends with the AFRINIC plenaries.

Wrap-up: ICANN 46 in Beijing


ICANN 46 LogoEarlier this April, the largest ICANN meeting ever — more than 2,500 attendees — kicked off in Beijing. Given the imminent addition of hundreds of “dot Brands” to the Internet, the topic of new gTLDs was at the top of the discussion list for all attendees.

Afilias Joins Internet Infrastructure Coalition

Industry leader joins group to provide public policy and advocacy voice for the Internet infrastructure industry

dot Brand or dot What? Consumers unaware of New Top-Level Domains, including .Google, .Microsoft and .Nike

Afilias research reveals 75 percent of UK and US consumers oblivious to new Web extensions