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.
* Interview with CEO Govinda Leopold about .info sunrise registrations
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