ICANN approves .TEL

[NameYourself]

.TEL is approved for the creation of a what appears to be an electronic, global phone / contact book that would be accessable via VOIP on your computer, cell phones, PDAs, etc... Any time or way in which you would like to contact someone or some company with an internet-connected device.

From the telnic website...

"The purpose of .Tel is to provide individuals and businesses a text-based naming and navigation structure for the Internet communications space: any individual or business will be able to initiate communication or access services simply by inputting AdamSmith.tel or Hertz.tel on their Internet-enabled communications device."

"Deliver an easy to use and easy to remember intuitive letters/words based solution, where numbering is restricted."

Just one question.. If there are 5,000 Adam Smith's in the world, which one gets AdamSmith.tel? Sounds a little bit like an attempt at trying to integrate a global Instant Messanger, where the other 4,999 Adam Smith's would have to settle with AdamSmith7411.tel as their identity. I'm sure a global searchable database would still allow people to easily find which one was yours based on address, age, or some other piece of info.


Article Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/6621.html

 

[Azam.net]

.mobi, .tel, .this, .that... soon there will be more TLDs than there are domain names.

Do people think that releasing new TLDs like .tel will devalue current TLDs?

 

[plato1]

maybe initally, but later just more opportunity and it might be easier to tell what is actually valuable and what are "last chance saloon" domains

 

[NameYourself]

I think whatever happens, .COM will always remain the primary, main, corporate-used extension. Billions and billions have been invested and spent on branding and using .com as the extension for nearly all companies.

The .tel has a specific use as a contact directory for anyone who uses internet-based devices to talk with one another. This is quite different from how other extensions are used. It will probably be more like a combination of AIM (AOL Instant Messanger) and the web.

 

[Sarcle]

YAWN​

 

[tekz999]

Why not just use a phone and make a call. Whats the point of inputting all those letters and find out you are communicating with the same person on voice.

Also, .tel accepted? why not accept .asia in response to .eu? what about .africa? .antartica? Very bright ICANN.

 

[NameYourself]

Why not just use a phone and make a call. Whats the point of inputting all those letters and find out you are communicating with the same person on voice.

I guess the angle they're taking is that it's easier to remember something like AdamSmith76.tel rather than 184-555-1041.

 

[demo]

in.tel comes to mind first... where do i register?

 

[tekz999]

Well, all mobiles phones has phonebook anyway, it stores all numbers and names of users XD

 

[Rubber Duck]

YAWN​

Don't get over excited. It wasn't that bloody interesting!

 

[Spinlock]

Hmm... type-in traffic through a PDA... what a concept.

I can't really see the use... most services you would want could be better handled by localization, which is what the telephone standard already provides. I can only see a very limited market for this extension.

 

[GT Web]

showand.tel

.tel is just as crappy as .mobi, which is really saying something

 

[Ian]

showand.tel

.tel is just as crappy as .mobi, which is really saying something

exactly!