Afilias

Afilias was formed in October 2000 by a group of 19 major domain name registrars.{{cite news

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| date = October 3, 2000

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| first =Presse

| title =World´s Leading Internet Domain Name Registrars Unite to Create Top Level Domain With Global Appeal

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| date =October 3, 2000

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}} CEO Hal Lubsen, CTO Ram Mohan,{{cite news|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Afilias+Appoints+Chief+Technical+Officer+to+Run+First+%22Thick%22+Domain...-a079502434|title=Afilias Appoints Chief Technical Officer to Run First "Thick" Domain Name Registry: .INFO; Former Infonautics executive oversees first global implementation of an XML-based "thick" registry system|last=|date=October 29, 2001|newspaper=The Free Library|access-date=March 19, 2011|archive-date=April 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408220408/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Afilias+Appoints+Chief+Technical+Officer+to+Run+First+%22Thick%22+Domain...-a079502434|url-status=dead}} and CMO Roland LaPlante{{cite news

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| title =Afilias Appoints New Chief Marketing Officer to Build .INFO Brand Worldwide; Former McGraw Hill Exec. to Spearhead Brand & Marketing Strategy for .INFO

| newspaper =The Free Library

| date =July 9, 2001

| url =http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Afilias+Appoints+New+Chief+Marketing+Officer+to+Build+.INFO+Brand...-a076389649

| access-date =March 16, 2011

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}} were the founding management team (2001).

In February 2010, Afilias acquired mTLD Top Level Domain Ltd., the sponsoring organization and registry operator for the .mobi top-level domain (known publicly as dotMobi). While dotMobi continues to operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary, Afilias is now the registered Registry Operator for the .mobi domain.{{cite news

| last =Hamilton

| first =David

| title =Afilias Acquires .Mobi Domain Registry dotMobi

| newspaper =Web Host Industry Review

| date =February 11, 2010

| url =http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/afilias-acquires-mobi-domain-registry-dotmobi

| access-date = October 6, 2012}}

In December 2012, Afilias acquired registryPro, the sponsoring organization and registry operator for the .pro top-level domain. While RegistryPro continues to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary, Afilias is now the registered Registry Operator for the .pro domain.{{cite news

| last =LaPlante

| first =Roland

| title =Afilias Acquires Registry Services Corporation, .PRO

| newspaper =Circle ID

| date =January 17, 2012

| url =http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120117_afilias_acquires_registry_services_corporation_dot_pro/

| access-date = January 21, 2014}}

In October 2015, Afilias acquired domain name registrar 101domain, with the registrar's CEO Wolfgang Reile stepping down and its COO and CFO Anthony M. Beltran leading operations under Afilias.{{Cite web|url=http://domainnamewire.com/2015/10/16/afilias-acquires-101domain/|title=Afilias acquires 101Domain|last=Allemann|first=Andrew|date=October 16, 2015|website=Domain Name Wire}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.domaininvesting.com/101domain-acquired-by-afilias/|title=101domain Acquired by Afilias|last=Silver|first=Elliot|date=October 16, 2015|website=DomainInvesting.com}}

In December 2017, Afilias was chosen by auDA to supply .au registry services. Afilias opened its Melbourne Australia branch to do this.{{cite web|url=https://auda.org.au/news/afilias-chosen-to-supply-au-registry-services/|title=Afilias Chosen to Supply .au Registry Services|publisher=auDA|access-date=19 Dec 2017|date=18 Dec 2017}} Under Ram Mohan's leadership, Afilias successfully completed the historic transition on July 1, 2018,{{Cite news|url=https://www.marketwatch.com/press-release/au-completes-historic-transition-to-afilias-2018-06-30|title=.au Completes Historic Transition to Afilias|work=MarketWatch|access-date=2018-09-20|language=en-US|archive-date=2018-09-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920161315/https://www.marketwatch.com/press-release/au-completes-historic-transition-to-afilias-2018-06-30|url-status=dead}} setting the Guinness World Records title for largest migration of an internet top-level domain in a single transition following its transfer of 3,153,979 .au domain names on Sunday, July 1, 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/afilias-sets-guinness-world-records-title-largest-migration-of-an-internet-top-level-domain-in-a-single-transition-1027545430|title=Afilias Sets GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ Title: Largest Migration of an Internet Top-Level Domain in a Single Transition {{!}} Markets Insider|last=GmbH|first=finanzen net|website=markets.businessinsider.com|access-date=2019-07-09}}

In November 2020, it was announced that Afilias was acquired by Donuts, the domain name registry operator.{{cite news

| last =Neylon

| first =Michele

| title =Donuts to Buy Afilias

| newspaper =InternetNews.me

| date =November 19, 2020

| url =https://www.internetnews.me/2020/11/19/donuts-to-buy-afilias/

| access-date = November 19, 2020}} In 2022, Afilias and Donuts were merged and brought under a single company, Identity Digital.{{Cite web |last=Allemann |first=Andrew |date=2022-06-22 |title=Donuts rebrands to Identity Digital |url=https://domainnamewire.com/2022/06/22/donuts-rebrands-to-identity-digital/ |access-date=2022-07-12 |website=Domain Name Wire {{!}} Domain Name News |language=en-US}}

Afilias was headquartered in Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States, with engineering and operations offices in Toronto, Canada, Dublin, Ireland, Beijing, China, Melbourne, Australia and New Delhi, India.

• DeviceAtlas
• goMobi
• mobiForge
• mobiReady

• Guinness World Record for largest ever TLD transition, July 2018{{Cite news|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/afilias-sets-guinness-world-records-214000161.html|title=Afilias Sets GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ Title: Largest Migration of an Internet Top-Level Domain in a Single Transition|access-date=2018-09-20|language=en-US}}
• CIO 100 Award for the highest level of operational and strategic excellence in information technology (IT), June 2014{{Cite news|url=https://www.marketwatch.com/press-release/afilias-selected-for-cio-100-award-2014-06-03|title=Afilias selected for CIO 100 award|work=MarketWatch|access-date=2018-09-20|language=en-US|archive-date=2018-09-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920161226/https://www.marketwatch.com/press-release/afilias-selected-for-cio-100-award-2014-06-03|url-status=dead}}
• Ram Mohan - IDG World's Top 25 CTOs, June 2010{{Cite news|url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/domain_name_security/extensions_dnssec/prweb4067744.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100607123341/http://www.prweb.com/releases/domain_name_security/extensions_dnssec/prweb4067744.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 7, 2010|title=Afilias' Ram Mohan Named to IDG's InfoWorld CTO 25 Awards for DNSSEC Leadership|work=PRWeb|access-date=2018-09-20}}

==See also==

• auDA
• Country code top-level domain
• Generic top-level domain
• ICANN
• Internet Society
• Public Interest Registry

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