.mobi .TEL and .MOBI

[colombani]

I heard a .tel sunrise period will begin in the end of the year.

Is someone can give thoughs about complementariness or opposition between .tel and .mobi.

 

[Pred]

I am a large fan of .mobi
I have a large portfolio of .com,.net,.info & my country .co.uk
I don't buy other extensions, fads, obscure .cctlds etc
I'll be honest, i consider .mobi an exception to the rule.
I think they will try & bring .tel out & jump on mobi bandwagon
I'd be surprised if it was a 1% success of mobi
I just don't see the point. You think of static, fixed line???
I won't be buying one
Just my opinion

 

[colombani]

I have no idea if I'll invest in .tel
You're right .mobi is an exception.

.tel is a good idea, they want to use it like a "business card", but I have no idea of the real potential of the extention

I know the 2 extensions are technically differents but don't you think for people there will be a confusion between the 2 extensions. "tel" is used for telephone and mobilephone.

I am a large fan of .mobi
I have a large portfolio of .com,.net,.info & my country .co.uk
I don't buy other extensions, fads, obscure .cctlds etc
I'll be honest, i consider .mobi an exception to the rule.
I think they will try & bring .tel out & jump on mobi bandwagon
I'd be surprised if it was a 1% success of mobi
I just don't see the point. You think of static, fixed line???
I won't be buying one
Just my opinion

 

[Pred]

it may cause confusion , yes.
imo it wouldn't do well either way. it will just cause a little confusion.
has it been sanctioned then?
i'm hoping about a year from now things will reallystart picking up for mobi so hopefully it will just be ignored when released like many other extensions.
the less we talk about it the better, probably :hehe:

 

[surpassstone]

I can image the application of .mobi
I can not image the application of .tel

 

[Jasdon]

I have a simplistic view on this. I believe that whoever was first to launch will prove to be far stronger.

If .net had been around before .com, it would be a '.net world'. Likewise .mobi has got the drop on .tel - game over.

 

[scandiman]

I have a simplistic view on this. I believe that whoever was first to launch will prove to be far stronger.

If .net had been around before .com, it would be a '.net world'. Likewise .mobi has got the drop on .tel - game over.

If I'm not mistaken, .net was part of the original internet and was the extension for network providers. Com was originally commercially popular because of its specific "commercial" designation and was 1 of 3 that were available for unrestricted registration.

.com - commercial
.net - network
.org - organizations
.edu - education
.gov - governments
.mil - military
.int - international

All subsequent tld's such as biz, info, aero, travel, pro, name, jobs, coop, cat, museum and the country codes continued to define content on the basis of the content provider. What kind of entity you are, what type of business you are in or where you are located, etc.

Then came .mobi as the 1st tld that only cared about the user. For us registrants, mTLD doesn't care about where you are or what type of business you are in. Their only concern is that we provide our content in a way that is usable to mobile users. It is a completely different way of looking at the purpose of a tld.

From what I can tell, .tel is a completely different beast with a completely different mission from .mobi.

 

[Pred]

If I'm not mistaken, .net was part of the original internet and was the extension for network providers. Com was originally commercially popular because of its specific "commercial" designation and was 1 of 3 that were available for unrestricted registration.

.com - commercial
.net - network
.org - organizations
.edu - education
.gov - governments
.mil - military
.int - international

All subsequent tld's such as biz, info, aero, travel, pro, name, jobs, coop, cat, museum and the country codes continued to define content on the basis of the content provider. What kind of entity you are, what type of business you are in or where you are located, etc.

Then came .mobi as the 1st tld that only cared about the user. For us registrants, mTLD doesn't care about where you are or what type of business you are in. Their only concern is that we provide our content in a way that is usable to mobile users. It is a completely different way of looking at the purpose of a tld.

From what I can tell, .tel is a completely different beast with a completely different mission from .mobi.

nice post scandiman, i agree with what you say .
i still see no use whatsoever for .tel though.

 

[Jasdon]

If I'm not mistaken, .net was part of the original internet and was the extension for network providers. Com was originally commercially popular because of its specific "commercial" designation and was 1 of 3 that were available for unrestricted registration.

.com - commercial
.net - network
.org - organizations
.edu - education
.gov - governments
.mil - military
.int - international

All subsequent tld's such as biz, info, aero, travel, pro, name, jobs, coop, cat, museum and the country codes continued to define content on the basis of the content provider. What kind of entity you are, what type of business you are in or where you are located, etc.

Then came .mobi as the 1st tld that only cared about the user. For us registrants, mTLD doesn't care about where you are or what type of business you are in. Their only concern is that we provide our content in a way that is usable to mobile users. It is a completely different way of looking at the purpose of a tld.

From what I can tell, .tel is a completely different beast with a completely different mission from .mobi.

You're right, and I should have been clearer - my point was that .com became established before .net and hence it will always will be the stronger.

 

[colombani]

interesting thoughts but what is your opinion about .tel technical interest.
dottel says it will be the internet "business card".
It's very difficult for me to have an opinion of .tel

 

[satsdifference.com]

Hmm

Maybe .tel will turn out to be its function intended.. sort of a new way to contact people directly through voice.. as a phonenumber but over the internet.. I mean can this make phone numbers obsolete some day? .. or competition, for now, as everything is headed to run off the internet? (IP television, internet radio, phones etc.). There is an NBA.mobi, IF there is an NBA.tel it might just be a way to contact the NBA then..

As far as how high Dot Mobi goes,

It all depends on whether DotMobi becomes a hit with the global mainstream, ultimately. If an "NBA.mobi" will last etc. This does has alot to do with the marketing of the elite "business consortium". It isn't only what technology can allow, it is what becomes hot in the mainstream.


Kind Regards,

Yelo

 

[Pred]

Maybe .tel will turn out to be its function intended.. sort of a new way to contact people directly through voice.. as a phonenumber but over the internet.. I mean can this make phone numbers obsolete some day? .. or competition, for now, as everything is headed to run off the internet? (IP television, internet radio, phones etc.). There is an NBA.mobi, IF there is an NBA.tel it might just be a way to contact the NBA then..

As far as how high Dot Mobi goes,

It all depends on whether DotMobi becomes a hit with the global mainstream, ultimately. If an "NBA.mobi" will last etc. This does has alot to do with the marketing of the elite "business consortium". It isn't only what technology can allow, it is what becomes hot in the mainstream.


Kind Regards,

Yelo

yeah, but that's one of the great things about .mobi
you visit a site, whether directory listing or a main site or personal site & click the telephone link &... it's ringing!
if you want a business card for the mobile phone, get daveh.mobi etc & just have a homepage with a little blog, business address & the telephone link.
you don't need .tel on a pc as you can msn, skype, email, or pick up the phone or mobile!
i can see a host of wonderful features for mobi but nothing for .tel.
it's a mystery why it has been granted
unless , is it gonna be like .aero etc & just for a number of specialist sites like directory listings?

 

[MCDomains]

.tel looks like another license to print money. People will jump all over the NNN, LLL, keywords... why anyone would want .tel? I have no idea.

 

[satsdifference.com]

Good Point

yeah, but that's one of the great things about .mobi
you visit a site, whether directory listing or a main site or personal site & click the telephone link &... it's ringing!

Good Point

The way things are going, it's gonna be a "click to call" on the .mobi in the near future.. just maybe one day it won't be only call a phone NUMBER.. but call a .tel through a .mobi or a .com.. as well as access other types of personal contact info (that often changes, so print is a thing of the past).. but timing is everything.. and .mobi is clearly on pace to be the mainstream hit, first, for calling through the existing phone number system.. numbers is what unified the world communication.. but the "domain name", even though we are of different languages/alphabets, seems to be the more complete and viable alternative of the future for most communication.. but how long will it take for a .tel?

"As proposed, individuals could use a ".tel" Web site to provide the latest contact information and perhaps even let friends initiate a call or send a text message directly from the site. Businesses could use a ".tel" site to determine customers' locations and route them automatically to the correct call center.

Its proponents also envision ".tel" as a place from which the various people-finding services on the Internet could pull the latest contact information as individuals move about. Now, data typically come from third-party sources like phone listings, which may be old or incomplete, particularly if an entire household is listed under one name."

-http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12318552/

Kind Regards,

Yelo

 

[mtvplayer]

I can not image the application of .tel

 

[scandiman]

I can not image the application of .tel

So far I have to agree but I will keep an open mind about it.

For those who wonder what we are talking about, visit their main site at telnic.com.

 

[colombani]

I think it will be very difficult to the .tel to become a standard.

Look at .mobi, with marketing + speculation + investor + premium names auction... It will certainly take 5 or 10 years to be a great extension. (today less than 400 000 domains)

I don't know if dottel own the same marketing power and if people will like .tel as they like .mobi.

 

[cyberken13]

replacing phone numbers

TelNIC.com ...

"The purpose of .Tel is to provide individuals and businesses a text-based naming and navigation structure for the Internet communications space: any individual or business will be able to initiate communication or access services simply by inputting AdamSmith.tel or Hertz.tel on their Internet-enabled communications device."


It would appear from their about us page that they want to replace phone numbers with a text based naming system. I would certainly remember a name instead of a number. So, if they stick with that idea they would maintain a more more specific market with their TLD whereas, the .mobi will become a broader based extension for the whole mobile internet.

There is room for both ideas but certainly the .mobi would become much stronger overall.

TelNIC.com

" The .Tel will not:

* Act as an alternate telephony addressing or dialing system.
* Conflict with IP addressing (IPv4 or IPv6), the PSTN or SS7 systems, or with current or future ENUM implementations.
* Overlap or conflict with any existing top-level domain and their value-chains.
* Allow numeric-only domains to be registered, and therefore will not conflict with any national or international telephone numbering plan."

Ok, now they are becoming a bit confusing. Judging by these final statements from the same page I would suppose they will become just another TLD and not fill a niche as I thought early. Well, that would not sound very promising.

 

[meanieme]

too many of these are just going to dilute and devalue other domains...
i'm still confused about the use of .tel....if people access .tel through their mobile phone, it's just going to collide with .mobi

it seems these ppl are getting crazy!.....first .tv, then .mobi, then .tel
what's next? .radio?

 

[yoyosean]

.tel will be worthless IMHO