Webnames.ca StaffNow that the .TEL Landrush period is drawing to a close, we are looking ahead to tomorrow’s opening of General Registration at 7:00am PST. Prebooking for General Registration has been fast and furious today. Still there are many good names still available, especially personal or business names. Prebooking now will ensure a first crack at securing…
Many of you have already registered or pre-booked your .TEL domains. Others have heard by now that .TEL is different but are not sure their business needs another domain name. With .TEL General Registration on the horizon, we thought it was important to recap how .TEL is not your average domain. .TEL is not for…
Amy ElderkinMost of us have, at one time or another, dreamed of escaping it all and disappearing to a Caribbean island or a log cabin in the mountains for some peace and tranquility. While this particular dream will elude most of us (and would probably get a little dull after a couple of weeks), those who…
Julianna.TEL launched this week and is continuing to build momentum. Landrush presents the first chance for the public to register .TEL domain names in real time. Tens of thousands of pre-booked names were submitted by over 100 registrars worldwide at 7:00 AM PST on Tuesday, February 3rd. Landrush registration fees range between $375 to $500 USD for a…
It’s an all European match and it’s still up in the air as to who will come out the victor. There are two contenders from the UK, two from the Netherlands and one from Germany. If it wasn’t for the “first come first served” policy that is in place, I think the book makers would…
Garrett Saundry.TEL domain names won’t be going live until February 3, 2009, but anyone that wants to get a better idea of how .TEL works can get a free trial name through Telnic’s VIP program. Through the program, people can create a name in the format [yourName].vip.tel and manage contact information using a beta release of…
JuliannaVance P. Hedderel, dotMobi’s Director of PR and Communications responded to speculation about .mobi’s viability vis-à-vis .TEL on the dotMobi blog this past Monday, stating that the purpose of the two domains is very different. “Now, the .tel domain is launching … and people are asking, “Won’t .tel help me locate content that will work…
JuliannaThe Register.co.uk published an article last week about how dot-tel will be unattractive to cybersquatters because it does not host websites, only contact information that will be sent to Internet-enabled devices. Cyberquatters make money by placing pay-per-click advertisements on web pages that are set up on domain names which visitors assume belong to a legitimate organization.…
Cybele NegrisYou say you haven’t heard about dot-TEL yet! I’m suprised. Webnames.ca has been inundated by media wanting to hear more about what dot-TEL is all about. John Demco, co-founder of Webnames.ca and founder of .CA for Canada has been across the country in recent weeks at the request of media to speak about dot-TEL. He’s…
Telnic the brains behind the .Tel domain name, is allowing end users to populate the NAPTR, TXT and LOC records of the DNS. The LOC record is particularly interesting. It was proposed in 1996 as an experimental protocol to get a visual track back of packets and ultimately lead you to the physical location of…
Amy ElderkinIn addition to the sample applications Telnic have created for the .TEL domain on mobile devices including the Blackberry, iPhone and Windows Mobile smart phones, there’s also a plugin for Microsoft Outlook. Like the mobile device applications, it can be downloaded from the new Developer Community portal at http://dev.telnic.org/, together with the source code, whitepapers,…
Amy ElderkinIt’s early days for .TEL and the first app specifically for the Blackberry is in pre-release, but I still find myself excited as I wait for the 15 seconds or so it takes to download and install over the air. Telnic have created sample applications for the Blackberry iPhone, Windows CE and Outlook, primarily to…
Amy ElderkinI have to admit to a small amount of jealousy when I first saw the dot-TEL app on John Demco’s iPhone. I’d installed a copy of the Blackberry app on my 8830 a few days earlier and had been very pleased with the promise it showed. But on top of the functionality, it really looks very…
Amy ElderkinPrivacy and security are often among the early concerns voiced by people excited about the new .TEL names. Fortunately .TEL provides a way for each .TEL owner to easily set their own levels of security, based on their needs and comfort levels. Once you’ve registered your .TEL name, you’ll be able to configure and manage…
Amy ElderkinProfiles add an interesting dimension to dot TEL for both businesses and individual users. They can be used to set, and then easily switch between different conditions at the touch of a button – or potentially at different times of the day. Profiles are similar to user status in an online application such as instant…
