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ICANN Approves .Tel Domain |
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Written by Adam Gosling
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Tuesday, 16 May 2006 |
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The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has approved the creation of a new .Tel Top Level Domain (TLD).
The contract to manager the domain has been awarded to London-based company, Telnic Limited.
The new domain will provide a text-based means of identifying universal messaging clients. Telnic says the move represents the “first genuinely different use of domains since .com was first created”.
“It will provide seamless integration of existing methods of communication with emerging technologies like Voice over IP (VoIP). This places the .Tel domain at the core of the next phase of Internet development,” said Khashayar Mahdavi, CEO of Telnic.
The significance of the move will become more apparent over time as business and personal users register names and identities into the Domain space.
The domain database will allow for applications and synchronisation with contact databases to reduce the need for users to remember multiple phone numbers, VoIP or instant messaging identities and other points of contact.
By leveraging innovative DNS (Domain Name System) technology, the .Tel domain will allow anyone to publish and control, in real time, how they can be reached, he said.
The .Tel domain will enable people to reach a business from any Internet enabled device (computer or mobile) simply by typing, for example, “Hertz.tel”.
The user will then be able to connect directly to a Hertz representative or navigate through a list of services that Hertz may offer. Businesses can easily extend their brands into this new space and enhance the way customer inquiries are handled.
In addition, individuals can use the .Tel domain to publish and update their contact information directly in the DNS. These individuals will decide, in real time, by what means their friends and colleagues will be able to reach them.
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