If you are a prospective new top-level domain (TLD) applicant, one of the most important questions you must answer is: how many registrations will my TLD have? This will be an essential element of your submission to ICANN, and if profit or even economic sustainability is your goal, getting the volume right is critical.
Afilias is a Gold Sponsor the 38th ICANN Meeting in Brussels. We will be sponsoring the DNSSEC Workshop on Wednesday from 9:00 - 13:30 in the Silver room on Level 1. Afilias is also a sponsor of the ccNSO lunch on Tuesday, June 22nd.
Due to the many groups that did not attend this month's ICANN meeting in Nairobi for various reasons, I don't think anyone expected the meeting to result in major decisions on new TLD issues we've been debating for over a year. However, that is exactly what happened.
On February 11, Afilias announced that it has acquired mTLD Top Level Domain Ltd., the sponsoring organization and registry operator for the .mobi top-level domain. Under terms of the private deal, Afilias Limited, an Irish Limited company, has acquired all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of mTLD Top Level Domain Ltd. (known publicly as dotMobi), and plans to continue operating dotMobi as a wholly owned subsidiary.
Afilias will be exhibiting at this year's DNSSEC Pavilion at the FOSE show. Stop by booth #2012 to learn about DNSSEC implementation from our experts!
Afilias is a sponsor of ICANN no. 37
