Internet Computer Bureau Limited is an Internet top-level domain custodian based in the United Kingdom. The custodian is responsible for maintaining the .io, .sh, and .ac country code top-level domains.[1] In 2017 it became a subsidiary of Afilias, a United States corporation. Afilias was later acquired by Identity Digital.
The company was established on 18 July 1996 as Internet Computer Bureau plc,[2] and became a private limited company on 16 December 2004.[3][4]
Embroiled in controversy around its involvement in registration of .io domains associated with the Diego Garcia military base following the expulsion of the Chagossian population,[5] ICB was sold by Paul Kane to Afilias for $70 million in April 2017.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Internet Computer Bureau". icb.co.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ "Incorporation". Companies House. 18 July 1996. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ "Internet Computer Bureau Limited". Companies House. 17 July 1996. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ "Certificate of re-registration from Public Limited Company to Private". Companies House. 16 December 2004. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ Meyer, David (20 June 2014). "The dark side of .io: How the U.K. is making web domain profits from a shady Cold War land deal". Gigaom. Archived from the original on 5 September 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
- ^ Murphy, Kevin (9 November 2018). "Afilias bought .io for $70 million". Domain Incite. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
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