Afilias Selected to Provide Registry Services for .IN Domain; Afilias India to provide enhanced technology for liberalization of .IN domain.DUBLIN, IRELAND -- Afilias Limited today announced that it's wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. , Afilias India Pvt. Ltd., has signed an agreement with the National Internet Exchange of India For other uses, see Nixi (disambiguation). The National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) is a non-profit Indian government agency established in 2003 to provide neutral Internet Exchange Point services in the country. (NIXI NIXI National Internet Exchange of India ) to provide registry services for the .IN country code Internet domain. Afilias will assist NIXI in the creation of the .IN Registry to implement the recent liberalization lib·er·al·ize v. lib·er·al·ized, lib·er·al·iz·ing, lib·er·al·iz·es v.tr. To make liberal or more liberal: "Our standards of private conduct have been greatly liberalized . . . of domain registration policies by the Indian Government's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, by broadening the domain's distribution channel, implementing new, state-of-the-art registry technology and enabling near real-time registration of new names. "Afilias was selected as our services provider based on its superior technology, international domain expertise and a shared vision for the proliferation of the .IN domain," said Amitabh Singhal, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of NIXI. "With a platform built on Afilias' proven technology, .IN will have a fast, stable and secure foundation for its revitalization. Individuals, businesses and organizations will now be able to establish their online presence in a way that uniquely symbolizes their identification with the global Indian community. And as an added benefit, .IN names are expected to go live faster than even .COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. , and are much more likely to be available in the exact name desired. We anticipate that Afilias, as our registry services partner, will help us grow the .IN domain into the hundreds of thousands of registrations within a few years." Under terms of the contract, Afilias will provide a shared registration system enabling registrars to submit real-time registration requests, a public WHOIS service, DNS (Domain Name System) A system for converting host names and domain names into IP addresses on the Internet or on local networks that use the TCP/IP protocol. For example, when a Web site address is given to the DNS either by typing a URL in a browser or behind the resolution, and will enable all .IN Registry-authorized registrars to offer second and third level registrations. Afilias will also provide advice on policy, marketing and other relevant matters for the .IN domain. Afilias India Pvt. Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Afilias Limited that will provide the required operational and support staff to run the registry-service operations for the .IN registry. All data will be housed and operated under current Indian law Indian law Legal practices and institutions of India. Indian law draws on a number of sources, beginning with the customs of the ancient Vedas and later accretions of Hindu law, which largely concern social matters such as marriage and succession. . The deployed technology will be based on Afilias' industry leading registry services that currently support the fifth and sixth largest generic TLDs in the world in addition to seven other country code domains. "Afilias is pleased to be selected by NIXI as the technical services partner for the .IN domain," said Hal Lubsen, President & CEO of Afilias. "The combination of our expertise in registry systems, DNS services, and internationalized domain names will power the growth and expansion of the .IN domain to registrants in India and around the world. Afilias' fast, reliable and secure technology will provide industry leading service for .IN domain owners, helping make .IN a preferred domain worldwide." Afilias and NIXI are currently developing a transition and launch plan for the .IN domain. Organizations interested in becoming registrars may obtain more information at www.nixi.org. Additional information on the .IN domain may be found at www.nixi.org. About NIXI The National Internet eXchange of India (NIXI) has been entrusted with the responsibility of setting up and operating the Registry for the .IN ccTLD . The technical and business activities of the .IN Registry will operate from New Delhi New Delhi (dĕl`ē), city (1991 pop. 294,149), capital of India and of Delhi state, N central India, on the right bank of the Yamuna River. , India. NIXI is managed and operated on a Neutral basis, in line with the best practices for such initiatives globally and is a Not-for-Profit operation. NIXI has ambitious plans to provide impetus to .IN domain registrations in the country. For more information please visit www.nixi.org. About Afilias Afilias, a fully integrated global provider of domain name registry A domain name registry, also called Network Information Centre (NIC), is part of the Domain Name System (DNS) of the Internet which converts domain names to IP addresses. services, maintains international headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, sales offices in London, England and Dusseldorf, Germany, sales and operational facilities in Toronto, administrative offices in the U.S. near Philadelphia, PA, and operational offices in New Delhi, India. Afilias provides a full range of registry services leveraging proven technology that is fast, reliable and secure. Afilias provides registry services support to the .ORG gTLD (under contract to Public Interest Registry Public Interest Registry is a not-for-profit corporation created by the Internet Society in 2002 to manage the .org top-level domain. It took over the operation of the domain from VeriSign on 1 January 2003. Afilias manages the technical operations of the . ), the .INFO gTLD and several country code TLDs. For more information please visit www.afilias.info. |
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