.Tel Domain Names Go on Sale (ReadWriteWeb)
Starting today, companies and trademark holders can start registering their own .tel domains. However, unlike most domain names, .tel domains are severely restricted by Telnic , the main registrar for these domains. Users and companies can only put up their contact information on these sites and they can only do so through Telnic's own forms. In some respects, these domains are similar to ... Domain Registrations on Decline, Google and Lower Ad Spendings Blamed (CircleID)
According to recent reports, the total number of new domain name registrations in the third quarter of 2008 reached 11.5 million, pushing the total number of domain names registered in total across all Top-Level Domain Names (TLDs) to 174 million. Iron Mountain Digital to Offer Registration and Management Services for New .tel Domain Names (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Iron Mountain Digital, the technology arm of Iron Mountain Incorporated , today announced it will be among the first service providers to offer the new .tel domain name. The .tel domain is similar to an interactive business card on the web, and has been called "the Google of online address books." New .tel Top-Level Domain Goes on Sale (CircleID)
Telnic Limited, the Registry Operator and Sponsoring Organization for the new sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) .tel, has announced that domain name registrations are now being accepted (see previous coverage ). "From today until February 2nd, trademark owners can register .tel domains for their brands and company names, providing them with a 'live' comprehensive listing in the first global, ... .TEL Contact Domain Available for Registrations [Domain Names] (Lifehacker)
A new top-level-domain, .TEL, is due to be available for registration today that lets individuals and companies companies, and later individuals, create a web home for contact information. Phone... .tel domain sales begin today (The Inquirer)
Emma Hughes the Inquirer , Wednesday 3 December 2008. 12:30:00 Contact central TODAY, .tel domain names go up for sale. The domain is designed to allow companies or individuals to display contact details such as phone numbers, email addresses or even GPS data. The new domain encourages the owners of .tel domains to cough up the details of how they can be... Internet Needs Multilingual Support for Next Billion People (PC World via Yahoo! News)
The Internet must support the large number of languages in the world at all levels, including content, hardware, software, and internationalized domain names if it is to reach the next billion people, according to speakers at an Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Hyderabad, India. New domain consolidates contact info (International Herald Tribune)
A .tel domain name would allow individuals, businesses and organizations to have contact information - from telephone numbers to identities for virtual games - updated automatically. Voluntary Collective Licensing of Brand-Sharing Domain Names (CircleID)
The essay outlines a market-driven and value-adding solution to brand use in domain names. The solution relies heavily on the Electronic Frontier Foundation's remedy to music file sharing . I propose its adoption for new registrations and renewals. New Domain Suffix Seen As Phone Book (Digital Trends)
The new .tel domain suffix is intended as a kind of phone book rather than a place to build sites, say the people who run its registry.