Owners of .tel domains will need to recreate their "sites" when new service is launched. As I reported back in October, .Tel registry Telnic is removing restrictions on how the domains are used and hosted. Currently, .Tel domain names must point to ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Remember .Tel? It might be about to change.
· Policy & Law.Tel might become a typical top level domain. Domain name registries can learn a lot from the story of Telnic, a $35 million investment gone awry. Telnic's .Tel domain name is, without a doubt, the most innovative top level domain name because of ... Continue Reading26 Comments
A look at .Tel’s 14 year, £25 million journey
· UncategorizedTelnic has lost £25 million since it was founded -- and much of that was before .tel even launched. It's been a long and winding road for many new top level domain applicants. But most of the delays and challenges new TLD applicants have faced pale in ... Continue Reading14 Comments
Numeric Only Domains Coming to .Tel
· Policy & Law777.tel on its way. Soon you'll be able to register .tel domain names existing solely of two or more digits. This week ICANN's Board of Directors agreed to amend its registry agreement with Telnic to allow for the numeric domain names. Telnic ... Continue Reading5 Comments
.Tel and .Asia By The Numbers
· UncategorizedA look at end of year numbers for .tel and .asia. With .tel recently going through its first annual renewal period, and Telnic's official numbers for end-of-year 2009, I thought I'd compile some stats on the new top level domain. Total number of ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Reality Check: .Tel Enters First Renewal Period
· Uncategorized.Tel travels into "renewal valley". How will it come out on the other side? The folks at .tel registry Telnic are certainly sweating this week: .tel domain names registered during general availability are hitting their first renewal period. I call ... Continue Reading15 Comments
Domain Parking Coming to .Tel
· ServicesDomains that aren't used for web sites to get Google ads. It was only a matter of time, right? .Tel registry Telnic announced that .tel domain name owners will soon by able to integrate Google Adsense into their domain names. That means they'll be ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Buy a Domain Name With Your Latte
· Domain RegistrarsNew gift card lets retail shoppers pick up a domain name on impulse. You can register domain names through web sites, twitter, and text message. So why not buy one with your latte? A new gift card from Canadian domain name registrar WebNames.ca ... Continue Reading3 Comments
IDN .Tel Domain Names Coming Soon
· UncategorizedInternationalized domain names on their way to .tel. Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has approved Telnic's request to offer internationalized domain names on .tel. .Tel registry Telnic made the request to offer IDNs on December 2, ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Telnic Wants to Release .Tel IDNs
· Domain Registrars.Tel registry asks ICANN to let it register IDNs. .Tel registry Telnic has sent a letter to ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom requesting permission to issue internationalized domain names (IDNs). The letter (pdf) from Telnic CEO Khashayar Mahdavi requests ICANN ... Continue Reading18 Comments