Melbourne IT (MLB)

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MLB

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Melbourne IT Limited (MLB) is a Melbourne-based domain name and online business services provider, with offices in Melbourne, Wellington, Stockholm, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Madrid and San Francisco. MLB is the administrator of the Australian commercial domain ".com.au" and also offers domain name maintenance and registration for .net, .org, .biz, .info, .name and country codes such as .uk.

Melbourne IT began registering .com.au domain names in 1996, and in April 1999, was accredited to provide registrar services in the .com .net and .org domain spaces. Melbourne IT has also expanded through strategic acquisition: in 2003 when it purchased New Zealand based domain name registrar, Domainz, and in April 2004, when it acquired Cogent IPC, a European-based provider of online brand protection services for high profile internet based brands. Melbourne IT was listed on the ASX in 1999.

Melbourne IT is a geographically-diversified provider of online services delivered through its global network of offices and team of professionals, one third of whom are based outside Australia.

Melbourne IT Limited's main competitors include other domain providers who operate globally. Its major customers include small to medium enterprises focused in the Australia and New Zealand Markets, as well as reseller clients who use MLB's domain name registration and maintenance system.