.Tel domain starts selling

.Tel domain starts selling

After two years of preparation, the .tel top-level domain started to be sold. Unlike the rest of the top domains, .tel will allow individuals and companies to «store all their contact information in the DNS (Domain Name System) without the need to create, host or manage a website», he explains in statements cited by international press to Telnic, the company that manages the domain.

The treatment of privacy issues is another difference of .Tel in relation to the other top domains, by allowing the definition of restrictions on access to the range of data that the owner of a domain name shares there.

Top domain promoters believe that it will be a direct competitor to directory services, as it will basically also create an online information base with data on organizations and individuals. From a simple telephone contact, to a location record, Skype addresses, or Twitter ID.

The information for each .tel domain registration can be viewed on any type of device and as the promoting entity admits, the way the domain was thought is based on the expectation of taking more and more advantage of new communication channels and ways and Internet access.

Until the 2nd of February the registration in .tel remains restricted to the owners of registered trademarks, there follows another phase of marketing still limited. The unrestricted sale begins on March 24th.

For the next year, Telnic plans to launch a kind of .tel yellow pages, which will contain all the contacts registered in the domain.