The big questions and answers:
Q: When can I register a dotmobi domain name?
A: Members of the general public who are interested in registering a dotmobi domain names may begin registering their names at the beginning of the Landrush Registration Period which begins on Monday, August 14, 2006 or during the General Registration period which begins on Monday August 28th. See Landrush Registration FAQ and General Registration FAQ for more information about these registration periods.
If you are the holder of recognized Trademark then you can register your trademark as a dotmobi domain name during our Sunrise Registration period.
If you are a member of CTIA, CWTA, GSMA, MEF or MMA you may register your trademark as a dotmobi domain name during our Limited Industry registration period .
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Q: How do I register a dotmobi domain name?
A: Contact any dotmobi accredited registrar who will register the domain name on your behalf. Follow this link to find a dotmobi accredited Registrar.
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Q: How much does a domain name cost?
A: The cost of registering a domain though a registrar is determined by market competition. Each registrar determines its own prices and policies for domain name registrations. Registrars may offer additional services, such as web site hosting, that may be of interest to you.
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Q: What are the valid characters for a dotmobi domain name?
A: Dotmobi domain names can contain the English-language letters A through Z, and the digits 0 through 9. You can also use hyphens, but hyphens cannot begin or end your domain name. Spaces and special characters (such as !, $, &, ë, and so on) are never permitted.
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Q: What about non-English language characters?
A:Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs) are domain names that are represented by native language, non-ASCII characters. The native language domain name is followed by the Top Level Domain (TLD), such as .mobi. An example of an IDN is: müller.mobi. Dotmobi intends to support Internationalised Domain Names (IDN)s in the future. More Information will follow when available.
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Q: How long can a dotmobi domain name be?
A: The minimum length of dotmobi domain name is 3 characters, and the maximum length is 63 characters (excluding the "http://www" and ".MOBI" portions).
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Q: How do I find out what domain names have been registered?
A: A central database known as WHOIS tracks all domain name registrations. Each domain name registrar typically maintains its own version of a WHOIS database. The domain names will be available via the dotmobi WHOIS database which will be available soon.
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Q: What happens if there is a dispute about a dotmobi domain name?
A:Dotmobi has two dispute resolution processes. These are the Sunrise Dispute Resolution process and the ICANN Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) Process. The Sunrise Challenge process is available as part of the dotmobi Sunrise trademark holders registration service while UDRP is available to challenge any dotmobi domain name at any time. More details are available in the Sunrise Registration section.
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Q: When can I start using my domain name address?
A: Once the dotmobi registry has been updated, the information in our database is shared with the Internet's zone files worldwide. This sharing process is called "propagation," because the new information about your domain spreads or propagates across the Internet. mTLD cannot control the rate at which the millions of name servers on the Internet are updated, but generally your domain should be available to Internet users within a very short period.
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-Allan
