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Afilias takes over back-end for Puerto Rico

Kevin Murphy, January 9, 2018, 15:30:54 (UTC), Domain Registries

Afilias has won the back-end contract for Puerto Rico’s ccTLD, .pr.
The registry services provider took over DNS for the zone last month and the final handover of the registration system happened at the weekend.
.pr is a small TLD, under 10,000 names, run by local firm Gauss Research Laboratories. It also tries to market itself as a destination for public relations companies overseas.
It now lists about 30 registrars on its web site, most of which are either corporate-focused or reseller networks.
The deal brings the number of ccTLDs managed by Afilias well into double figures. Afilias also runs the back-end for the likes of .vc, .bz, .lc, and .ag, as well as larger zones including .me and .in.
It recently was selected to run .au for Australia, replacing long-time rival Neustar, from this coming July.
Puerto Rico is the destination of this March’s ICANN 61 public meeting, which may give Afilias some publicity opportunities.

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