Corporate Backgrounder (July 2007):

Brief Introduction of the DotAsia Organisation

DotAsia Organisation is a not-for-profit, membership based organisation incorporated in Hong Kong. 
DotAsia entered into contract with ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) 
on December 6, 2006 to act as the sponsoring organization and the registry operator for the .Asia 
sponsored generic top-level domain [gTLD].

Asia has developed into a global force in the international commercial, political and cultural network.  
The .Asia domain aspires to become a nucleus, intersection and breeding ground of Internet 
activity and development in the region.

DotAsia Organisation’s mission is to operate as a viable not-for profit initiative that is focused on the 
management of the .Asia Registry as an Internet namespace with global recognition and regional 
significance dedicated to the needs Asia Internet community.  One of its core mandates is to 
reinvest its surpluses in socio-technological advancement initiatives relevant to the Asia community.  
These include initiatives such as digital inclusion projects that bridge the digital divide, contributions 
to assisting children and students in developing countries to get online, research and development 
efforts to promote positive adoption of the Internet in the region, and many other meaningful 
programs.

The vision of the DotAsia is to leverage the successful and cooperative Internet community in Asia 
and expand this collaborative approach to other areas of the growing economies. DotAsia seeks to 
provide a coherent and meaningful online identity that embraces the diversity and dynamism of the 
region.  At the same time, it exemplifies itself as a responsible and open infrastructure operator that 
champions inclusive-based bottom-up self governance, standards compliance and contribution to 
the global community.  

The membership structure at DotAsia is constituted of 2 main types of members: 1. Sponsor 
Members are organisations in Asia as defined by ICANN's Asia / Australia / Pacific Region (based 
on the ICANN Region definitions) that manage and operate any of the country code Top Level 
Domain (ccTLD) registries (e.g. .CN, .JP, .KR, .IN, .SG, etc.); 2. Co-Sponsor Members include 
Internet, Information Technology, Telecommunications, non-profit, NGO or other relevant 
community organisations in the Pan-Asia and Asia Pacific region.  Currently, 20 Sponsor Members 
and 3 Co-Sponsor Members have joined the organisation.  DotAsia continues to openly recruit new 
members to further expand its reach across the region in the governance of the organisation.

DotAsia also partners with Afilias Limited as its registry technology operator, which provides 
the .Asia Registry with core registry services, including operations of the Shared Registry System 
(SRS); DNS services, and technical support and customer service operations for registrar support. 
Afilias is the world's second largest gTLD registry company, and the leading registry services 
provider. They currently operate .INFO, .ORG, .IN and 8 other ccTLDs, with a total of over 10 
million domains under management, representing over 10% of the world's total number of domains.

The term "DotAsia" describes the organization as an entity, whereas the term ".Asia" (or .ASIA 
/ .asia) denotes the top-level domain name itself and is used to describe the registry, as well as its 
domain names, technologies, policies or matters concerning the registry (i.e. .Asia Registry, .Asia 
domains, .ASIA Sunrise Policies, etc.)



Unit 617, Miramar Tower, 132 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong | http:// www.registry.asia | info@registry.asia


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DotAsia Organisation Ltd. | Unit 617, Miramar Tower, 132 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
http://www.registry.asia | info@registry.asia 

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