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.tel

Introduced	2005
TLD type	Sponsored top-level domain
Status	Approved
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 approved by ICANN 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 May 2006, it has been approved and added to the global DNS root, and is getting ready for its opening.

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.

[edit] External links

• Telname web site

Generic top-level domains
Unsponsored	.biz  .com  .edu  .gov  .info  .int  .mil  .name  .net  .org
Sponsored	.aero  .cat  .coop  .jobs  .mobi  .museum  .pro  .travel
Infrastructure	.arpa  .root
Startup phase	.asia  .tel
Proposed	.cym  .geo  .kid  .kids  .mail  .post  .sco  .web  .xxx
Deleted/retired	.nato
Reserved	.example  .invalid  .localhost  .test
Pseudo-domains	.bitnet  .csnet  .local  .onion  .uucp
Unofficial	see Alternative DNS roots
See also: Country code top-level domains

cs:.tel da:.tel es:.tel it:.tel pl:.tel ru:.tel