The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers(ICANN) has approved a new top level domain suffixed ".tel" like .com or .net and is going to go into affect in 2007.

Telnic envisions a domain that will enable a more effectively operating IP communications network. The .Tel domain will serve as a location in which online contact information can be found. Telnic will release free applications to allow .tel domains to be integrated with address books found in computer systems and mobile phones. The ultimate aim is to have the .Tel domain itself direct or broker the method of communication used.

Telnic offered the example of how this new domain could aid someone trying to reach the Hertz Corp. car rental service. A user would type Hertz.tel on their mobile phone and be connected to a customer service representative for the local area.

Businesses and individuals will be able to use the .Tel domain to publish and update contact information directly in the Domain Name System. Telnic explains that the intended purpose of the domain is to enable businesses or individuals to decide, in real time, by what means customers, friends and colleagues will be able to reach them. Communications methods could include: VoIP, conventional telephony (fixed-line or wireless), email, SMS, Skype, AIM and many others.

"The .Tel domain offers the first genuinely different use of domains since .com was first created. It will provide seamless integration of existing methods of communication with emerging technologies like Voice over IP (VoIP). This places the .Tel domain at the core of the next phase of Internet development." - CEO of Telnic

Source: PC-World | Digit-News
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