November 14, 2016

Public Interest Registry chooses Afilias as back-end Registry service provider

The Registry has signed an agreement with Afilias for back-end Registry services

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Today, Public Interest Registry, the Registry operator for .ORG, .NGO, and .ONG as well as four Internationalized Domain Names (.ОРГ , .机构 , .संगठन, .组织机构), has announced that it will enter into a new Registry services agreement with Afilias as its back-end Registry services provider.

The Registry claims that the selection follows a competitive procurement process through which Public Interest Registry evaluated more than 20 potential service providers representing 15 countries.

Brian Cute, CEO of Public Interest Registry said :

We are pleased to work with Afilias to continue to provide our users around the globe with secure and stable domain services.

We thank all who participated in our procurement process for their significant efforts.

It is anticipated that Afilias will start operations under the new agreement on January 1, 2018.