NIXI Picks Afilias for .IN Domain Registry Services

Afilias Limited announced that it's wholly owned subsidiary, Afilias India Pvt. Ltd., has signed an agreement with the National Internet Exchange of India (www.nixi.org) to provide registry services for the .IN country code Internet domain.

"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 of NIXI.

Afilias will assist NIXI in the creation of the .IN Registry to implement the recent liberalization 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
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 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. 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.