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.TEL Contact Domain Available for Registrations [Domain Names]

A new top-level-domain, .TEL, is due to be available for registration today that lets individuals and companies companies, and later individuals, create a web home for contact information. Phone numbers, email addresses, social network pages, and other relevant info are stored at the domain-name level rather than on static pages, so updating your .tel information can be a quick, universal way to change any of those digits. For those without personal web sites, it could be a nice way to build a simple web presence, as you can also set up search-able key words for your domain. Those with their own sites, or presence on a lot of social sites, can simply point to a .tel address, rather than try and keep your contact data up on every single page. Wondering what your .tel would look like? Try it out on Telnic's .tel simulator. Update: Actually, only owners of trademarks can apply in today's "Sunrise" registration; the general public gets their .tel availability during the "Landrush" on Feb. 3, 2009, and for cheaper during general sale on March 24. Sorry for the confusion. Telnic [via New York Times Bits blog]


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