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<p><font face="Liberation Sans">I understand all that this is being
directed by a murky mafia behind the scene, of which we got some
sightings during the .org saga. This mafia both consists of
ex-CANNers and is in cahoots with existing people in ICANN...
This is why revolving doors is such a bad word in policy and
governance circles.... But wasnt the multistakeholderism version
practised by ICANN always a formalisation and white-washing of
revolving doors...</font> parminder<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 20/11/20 1:26 AM, Dev Anand
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<div>"Donuts Inc., the global leader in next generation
top-level domains (TLD) and digital identity, today announces
that it has entered into an agreement to purchase Afilias,
Inc. for an undisclosed sum. The transaction, which will not
include Afilias’ mobile software and registrar businesses, is
expected to close in Q4 2020, following successful completion
of regulatory requirements.
<p>The Afilias registry business features a prominent back-end
registry platform, DNS solutions and cyber-security
expertise. Afilias operates the authoritative directories
and DNS for over 200 top-level domains. The Afilias registry
business also includes an impressive array of top-level
domains such as .info, .global, and .mobi, as well as
country codes, dotBrands and other generic TLDs.</p>
<p>“The Afilias and Donuts teams share a commitment to
security, stability and reliability,” Donuts CEO Akram
Atallah commented. “This will only grow stronger as we
implement the best technologies and services from each
organization while maintaining seamless delivery to our
registry and registrar partners as well as our end
registrants.”</p>
<p>The Donuts and Afilias teams will continue to provide
registrar partners the same access to the domain names and
services they’ve had in the past. With a combined Donuts and
Afilias partnership, cyber-security will be a top priority
and registrants will have even more simplicity, consistency,
efficiency and quality to help them secure their online
identities."</p>
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