Afilias, a registry for .info domains, announced today that it has released support for eight additional Internationalized Domain Name language scripts in the .info generic top-level domain.

According to the company, these eight additional scripts join the German script that launched in 2004. The new scripts include Polish, Swedish, Danish, Hungarian, Icelandic, Latvian, Lithuanian and Korean languages. Afilias IDNs provide users with the ability to register domain in their local language, using non-ASCII characters that previously did not work in web browsers. Afilias IDN technology works with IDNA web browsers and e-mail clients so that the new domain can resolve. Internet applications such as internet explorer 7, netscape 8.1.2, firefox 1.5.0.7 and opera 9 support the use of IDNs.

"As the only truly global domain, we are pleased to continue to provide innovations to .INFO that help to expand its relevance and usefulness worldwide, and at the same time bring the domain to a wider base of customers that can ensure more locally available and indigenous content for an international, non-English speaking audience," said Roland A. LaPlante, Chief Marketing Officer for Afilias.