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Siter Smart Phone App Replaces Phone Numbers with Domains

November 16th, 2010 Comments off

Siter.com announced today that they have launched a free smartphone application (available for iPhone, Android and Blackberry) that allows users to call companies and other website owners based on their domain name and URL. The company, whose identity is hidden behind whois privacy, claims to have 25 million names registered in their system. The website at Siter.com also allows users to register numbers for their own sites, URLs and email addresses.

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This service/app sounds like something that could be an excellent addon to .TEL domains, or potentially could even used contact information provided in DNS records similar to how Telnic operates .TEL.


.TEL opens IDN Registrations

June 15th, 2010 Comments off

After placing the first IDN .TEL domain (телник.tel) in operation four days ago, the registry operator, Telnic has now officially launched IDN registrations today.

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AdSense Now Supported In .TEL Domain Names

April 2nd, 2010 Comments off
In February, Andrew Allemann of DomainNameWire.com reported the ability to use Google AdSense on .TEL domain names by the end of March. I just received my first email for just that. OnlineNIC has announced they are now supporting the use of Google AdSense with .TEL domains. Based on the email received it appears at this [...]

.TEL IDN Domains to Launch June 15th

March 30th, 2010 Comments off

Telnic, the operator of the .TEL domain, announced today that the registry will launch IDN domains for .TEL in 16 languages on Tuesday, June 15th, 2010. Registrations will be served through accredited registrars on a first come, first served basis starting as of 3pm BST.

The languages supported as of the initial launch are Chinese, Danish, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Swedish. The registry expects to add more languages as it works with the community in order to determine Demand.

“If you’re a Jörn, Júlia or Bjørn, or a Chlöe, 李 or Błażej, you will now be able to get your .tel name in your own language, opening up a significant number of names for individuals and businesses to register,” said Khashayar Mahdavi, CEO of Telnic Limited.  “As your single point of contact, we’re pleased to be able to offer these IDN .tel names so that many more people can get the benefit from being discoverable on the internet with a place they can own and control.”

Further information regarding .tel names and IDNs can be found at http://telnic.org .

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