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		<title>Afilias &#45; CircleID</title>
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		<description>Postings from Afilias on CircleID</description>
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		<dc:rights>Copyright 2013, unless where otherwise noted.</dc:rights>
		<dc:date>2013-05-09T14:31:00-08:00</dc:date>
		

		
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			<title> Afilias Joins Internet Infrastructure Coalition (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition), a group of global Internet infrastructure providers and technology firms who support the growth of the Internet, introduced Afilias as its newest member. A global leader in advanced registry services, Afilias will be the first registry to join i2Coalition. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130509_afilias_joins_internet_infrastructure_coalition">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2013-05-09T14:31:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> DomainsBot to Help Professionals Find .PRO Internet Addresses More Easily (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[RegistryPRO, the ICANN-designated operator of the .PRO top-level domain and a subsidiary of leading registry services provider Afilias, today announced that DomainsBot will now include .PRO in their domain name search and suggestion tool, used by the majority of the world's best-known Internet domain name retailers, including 101Domains, Blacknight, MeshDigital, Net4In and Tucows. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130502_domainsbot_to_help_professionals_find_pro_more_easily">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2013-05-02T08:03:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> dot Brand or dot What? Consumers Unaware of New TLDs, Including .Google, .Microsoft and .Nike (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Afilias Limited, a global provider of domain registry services, has announced the results of research on consumer attitudes towards the hundreds of new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) that will launch beginning in 2013. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130403_dot_brand_or_dot_what_consumers_unaware_of_new_top_level_domains">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2013-04-03T12:39:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> ICANN 45: New gTLDs Not Far Away Now (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Just a few days have passed since the most recent ICANN meeting in Toronto ended and, like always, it was a whirlwind of activity and information. But this time around, with a new CEO and accompanying organizational changes, it felt like the winds were all moving in the same direction. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20121025_icann_45_new_gtlds_not_far_away_now">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2012-10-25T15:35:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Afilias Participates in Global Test of Multilingual IDN Email (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<link>http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120628_afilias_participates_in_global_test_of_multilingual_idn_email</link>
			<description><![CDATA[On June 19, 2012, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) conducted the first public multilingual Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) email trials - and Afilias was one of the sponsoring participants. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120628_afilias_participates_in_global_test_of_multilingual_idn_email">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2012-06-28T13:02:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Afilias Launches Managed Registry Services (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<link>http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120625_afilias_launches_managed_registry_services</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Afilias Managed Registry Services offer a complete domain management solution designed to free brands and companies from day-to-day domain administration and policy issues so they can instead focus on their core business. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120625_afilias_launches_managed_registry_services">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2012-06-24T23:29:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Afilias Selected As Registry Operator for .Post (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<link>http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120622_afilias_selected_as_registry_operator_for_post</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Established in 1874, the UPU is headquartered in Berne (Switzerland) and is the second oldest international organization worldwide with 192 member countries. As a United Nations specialized agency, the UPU is the primary forum for cooperation between postal industry players globally. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120622_afilias_selected_as_registry_operator_for_post">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2012-06-22T11:51:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Afilias Bringing Hundreds of New Top-Level Domains to the Internet (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<link>http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120612_afilias_bringing_hundreds_of_new_top_level_domains_to_the_internet</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Afilias Limited, the operator of the .INFO, .MOBI and .PRO top level domains (TLD) and a leading provider of registry technical services, today announced that its technology will support 305 new generic TLD applications to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120612_afilias_bringing_hundreds_of_new_top_level_domains_to_the_internet">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2012-06-12T08:58:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Afilias Becomes First European Company to Gain Observer Status With the Global Network Initiative (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<link>http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120604_afilias_first_european_company_to_gain_observer_status_with_gni</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The GNI is a multi-stakeholder initiative comprised of companies and other stakeholders in the global Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry that are committed to protecting and advancing online freedom of expression and privacy. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120604_afilias_first_european_company_to_gain_observer_status_with_gni">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2012-06-04T10:54:01-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Almost Half of Major Consumer Brands Set to Apply for a Dot Brand Top-Level Domain (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Leading registry services provider Afilias today announced the results of a USA / UK survey, conducted by Vanson Bourne, on dot Brand top-level domains (TLDs). The survey found that 82 percent of major brands are aware of the opportunity to apply for a dotBrand TLD, and 54 percent of those "aware" companies intend to apply for a dot Brand TLD; that is a total of 44 percent of all companies surveyed who plan to apply. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120315_almost_half_of_major_consumer_brands_to_apply_dot_brand_tld">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2012-03-15T09:04:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Being a .PRO When Choosing a Registry Services Partner (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<link>http://www.circleid.com/posts/being_a_pro_when_choosing_a_registry_services_partner</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We're excited to bring a new top-level domain into the Afilias family and help grow the use of it. I also think it shows that the top-level domain business is a unique one -- and it's not one to be entered into lightly. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/being_a_pro_when_choosing_a_registry_services_partner">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2012-01-17T13:20:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Afilias Acquires Registry Services Corporation, .PRO (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<link>http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120117_afilias_acquires_registry_services_corporation_dot_pro</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ This brings to 17 the number of top-level domains that Afilias supports, including seven generic TLDs (gTLD) operating under ICANN contracts and seven new TLDs launched since 2001. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120117_afilias_acquires_registry_services_corporation_dot_pro">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2012-01-17T09:16:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> dot Brand Makes Its Debut: Afilias Advises Companies to Act Now for Successful TLD Applications (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<link>http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120112_dot_brand_makes_its_debut_afilias</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Following the application window opening today for businesses to manage and run their own top-level domain (TLD), global registry services provider Afilias is advising companies to make an informed decision as soon as possible about whether to apply for their own dot Brand domain from ICANN. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120112_dot_brand_makes_its_debut_afilias">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2012-01-12T11:53:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Afilias Says "No" to SOPA (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<link>http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120107_afilias_says_no_to_sopa</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is the subject of substantial controversy in the United States, and the domain name industry is squarely in the middle of the debate. Many DNS service providers and technology developers in the industry oppose SOPA, Afilias among them. Here's why. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120107_afilias_says_no_to_sopa">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2012-01-07T18:24:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Afilias Urges Businesses to Make Decision on Dot Brand Domains (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Afilias, the domain name registry operations company behind .info, .mobi and 14 other Top Level Domains (TLDs), is urging brands to ensure they fully understand what the new "dot Brand" Web extensions mean for their business. dot Brands are unique TLDs that are tied to a single business. Think "drink.pepsi" instead of "pepsi.com/drink." <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20111215_afilias_urges_businesses_to_make_decision_on_dot_brand_domains">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-12-15T14:10:00-08:00</dc:date>
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