Afilias, the Registry For .INFO, Names New CEO; Former idealab! Exec To Lead Effort To Roll-Out The First Truly Global Top-Level Domain Name

Business Wire, May 7, 2001

Business/High-Tech Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 2001

Afilias, the company selected by ICANN to operate the new .INFO registry, today announced that Ronald Berg is joining the company as its chief executive officer. Mr. Berg joins Afilias after leaving his most recent position as Vice President- Finance of idealab!'s New York office where he oversaw the development of several portfolio companies.

"We are very pleased that Ron is joining Afilias' management team as CEO," said Afilias chairman, Richard Lindsay. "Ron's depth and breadth of experience in building and scaling some of the Internet's most exciting ventures will be a tremendous asset as we bring .INFO to market in the US, Europe and Asia."

"I am excited to join Afilias' management team," said Mr. Berg. "I look forward to the tremendous opportunity ahead as .INFO becomes one of the biggest brands in the next phase of the Internet's global development."

Prior to joining Afilias, Mr. Berg was VP-Finance at idealab! New York and has also held senior management positions at Deja.com and Infonautics, Inc. He has extensive experience in building and launching companies, raising capital and recruiting senior management teams.

About Afilias

Afilias, the registry selected by ICANN to operate the new .INFO top-level domain, was formed in September of 2000 and is comprised of eighteen ICANN-accredited domain name registrars located across 10 countries. In the aggregate, the company's member registrars registered more than 10 million domain names in their last fiscal year. In addition to their strong position in the domain name registration market for the .com, .net, and .org top level domains, the member registrars collectively offer a wide range of related Internet services, including country-code domain name registrations, country-code registry operations, Web hosting, and ISP services.

Afilias' member registrars include: 1stDomain.net, a division of G D International LLC; Corporate Domains, Inc.; Domain Bank, Inc.; DomainInfo AB; DomainPeople, Inc.; Domain Registration Services; Enter-Price Multimedia AG (EPAG); Internet Council of Registrars (CORE); interQ, Inc.; Netnames International Ltd; Network Solutions, Inc. Registrar Operations; Polar Software Ltd. d/b/a Signdomains.com; Procurement Services International (Japan), Inc.; Register.com; Schlund Partner AG; Sitename; Speednames, Inc.; Tucows, Inc.

For more information about Afilias or the .INFO top-level domain, please visit the Afilias web site at http://www.afilias.com .