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ICANN Approves '.tel' TLD

Jeremy Kirk writes on InfoWorld:

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has approved a new top-level domain suffixed ".tel," awarding a contract to Telnic Ltd., an Internet communications company based in London.

ICANN's board of directors made the decision last Tuesday, said Andrew Robertson, spokesman for ICANN in London. The decision was drowned out by ICANN's rejection at the same meeting of the .xxx domain name.

Telnic, which applied for the domain in October 2000, says it envisions creating a universal text and navigation system for contact information over the Internet. Mobile device users could communicate and access the services of organizations or individuals with .tel domain names.

posted by Fergie @ 5/15/2006 09:58:00 AM