1St Domain .Net
1stDomain.Net specializes in global Domain Name Registration services.
* 1stDomain.Net is based in Hawaii’s
supercomputer center on Maui, allowing for fast connections between theUnited
States and Asia.
* The company is an accredited registrar
with ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, a
non-profit corporation that was established under an agreement with the
United States Department of Commerce.
* In the summer of 1999, ICANN opened
up the market for registrar services in .com, .net and .org. The affiliated
European company of 1stDomain.Net, Aktiv GmbH, was one of the first companies
as a founding member of CORE, Internet Council of Registrars, that was
allowed to register domain names in .com .net and .org during the testbed
period.
* Again a leading pioneer in the
name registration business, 1stDomain.Net is one of the first accredited
registrars that will process multilingual domain names in the Japanese,
Chinese
and Korean languages.
* October 2000:
1stDomain.Net is part of the international consortium Afilias, a group
of 19 of the world 's leading domain name registrars. Afilias has applied
with ICANN to become the registry operator of a new Top Level Domain with
global appeal, a new name suffix for individuals and businesses everywhere.
* November
2000: Afilias was awarded the right to operate the .INFO registry,
following its application to The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
and Numbers (ICANN) and approval by the ICANN board and the U.S. Department
of Commerce.
The CEO of 1stDomain.Net is being
elected as a member of the board of directors of the .INFO Registry.
CORE is assigned the right to run
the backend registries for .MUSEUM and .AERO.
* 1stDomain.Net becomes an accredited
Registar for .INFO and .BIZ names.
* June 27, 2001 - U.S. Department
of Commerce Approves .INFO into the DNS Root. INFO is the first new unrestricted
generic top-level domain (TLD) since .COM.
* June 27, 2001 - U.S. Department
of Commerce Approves .INFO into the DNS Root. INFO is the first new unrestricted
generic top-level domain (TLD) since .COM.
* July 25, 2001 - 1stDomain.Net submits
the first .INFO sunrise registrations for Trademark Holders.
* September 12, 2001 - 1stDomain.Net
submits the first .INFO registrations for the general public to be processed
during landrush at the .INFO Registry.
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Interview with CEO
Govinda Leopold about .info sunrise registrations
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