.tel
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| .tel | |
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| Introduced | 2005 |
| TLD type | Sponsored top-level domain |
| Status | In negotiations to be added |
| Registry | Telnic Limited |
| Sponsoring organization | Telname Limited |
| Intended use | Telephone-based services as text alternative to phone numbers |
| Actual use | Not yet available for use |
| Registration restrictions | Registered names are supposed to be policed in some manner to weed out abusive registrations or registrants not in proper community |
| Structure | Direct second-level registrations will be allowed; digits will be restricted to avoid conflict with phone numbers |
| Documents | ICANN New sTLD RFP Application |
| Dispute policies | UDRP, Sunrise dispute resolution procedure |
| Web site | Telnic |
.tel is a top-level domain submitted to ICANN for approval as a sponsored TLD. It would be restricted to "internet communication" services, and provide a supplement to the traditional numeric namespace for telecommunication services (i.e. telephone numbers). It is sponsored by Telname Limited. As of July 2005, negotiations for its management were underway.
Since many of the sorts of services that may use .tel domains are intended for use on mobile telephones, there is some overlap in the target market between this and the .mobi domain, also approved by ICANN in the same round.
A second application for the same TLD name, but with a different structure, was made by a company named Pulver.
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