Wholesale Rates for Dot Info Domain Names to Increase In October

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Afilias Ltd., which runs ".info," disclosed the scheduled increase in a letter last week to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the Internet's key oversight agency.

The per-name fee is what Afilias collects annually from registrars, the companies that sell domain names on Afilias' behalf. Such charges are generally incorporated in the prices companies, groups and individuals pay to register names, and they apply to new registrations, transfers and renewals.

An increase of up to 10 percent a year was authorized under ICANN's latest contract with Afilias, dated Dec. 8. Afilias chose to increase fees by 15 cents, or 2.5 percent, to $6.15...

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