(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Canadian domain registrar and web hosting provider Webnames.ca (www.webnames.ca) announced on Friday it has acquired Montreal-based domain registrar Papa.ca (www.papa.ca).
The terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Papa.ca was previously a wholly owned subsidiary of web development firm, Linnk Technologies. As a CIRA certified registrar, Papa.ca only offered .ca domain names to its customers.
“We are very excited to be able to service this new customer base,” says Stephen Smith, president of Webnames. “Not only will they have access to Webnames.ca’s unparalleled customer support, but a full-range of domain name extensions and web services that were not offered by their previous registrar.”
With the acquisition of Papa.ca and new services introduced in 2008, including the .ASIA TLD, Webnames Privacy and the upcoming .tel launch, Webnames says it is “looking forward to expanding on its past successes and remains committed to be the leader in domain name registration and management across Canada and internationally.”
Beginning as a spin-off from the Internet pioneers who founded the .ca country code in 1987, Webnames provides a range of services, including domain registration, corporate domain management, web hosting, SSL certificates and web design.
According to the press release, Webnames.ca has “registered hundreds of thousands of domain names, host thousands of websites and manage domain portfolios for many of Canada’s Fortune 500″ through its corporate services division, including Air Canada, CanWest Global, Pharmasave and BMW.
In other acquisition news this week, United Internet AG acquired the United Domains unit of Internet portal Lycos Europe.
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