Afilias has applied to ICANN to have its ban on owning registrars in two of its own gTLDs, .mobi and .pro, lifted.
With requests to ICANN a few days ago (here and here), the company said it wants to be able to own more than 15% of an ICANN-accredited registrar that sells both TLDs, which is currently forbidden by the two Registry Agreements in question.
http://www.domainforum.us/t310-afilias-wants-registrar-ownership-ban-lifted-on-mobi-and-pro
With requests to ICANN a few days ago (here and here), the company said it wants to be able to own more than 15% of an ICANN-accredited registrar that sells both TLDs, which is currently forbidden by the two Registry Agreements in question.
http://www.domainforum.us/t310-afilias-wants-registrar-ownership-ban-lifted-on-mobi-and-pro