Dotmobi Registration Available for the Public
26 Sep 2006AMMAN - Mobile Top Level Domain (mTLD), the registry for .mobi, announced on Tuesday the opening of domain name registration for the public. Dotmobi provides the world’s first domain names optimized for consumers using the Internet on a mobile device.
.mobi commenced its first registration period on May 21, 2006 for domain name owners, followed by three additional registration periods, Trademark Sunrise June12 - Sep 22, 2006, Land Rush period open for the public Sep 26 - Oct 10, and the general registration period on Oct 11, 2006 onwards; however, applicants are still able to submit applications for the Trademark and Land Rush periods.
“.mobi is beneficial, and we hope it will help in increasing the mobile-friendly websites available to mobile users in the Arab region” Executive Director for the Regional Office of Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (AGIP) Charles Sha'ban told ag-IP-News Agency.
“High percentages of companies in the various countries will be interested in registering their domain names with .mobi,” Sha'ban added.
There are several technical requirements for registration, for instance, the .mobi domain name must have three characters: may only contain the English language letters and numbers from 0 through 9 and the domain name may include hyphens but not at the end or at the beginning of the domain name.
Meanwhile, TAGIdomains Manager Mahmoud Lattouf said that it is an excellent move forward.
“.mobi ensures that services developed around the .mobi are optimized for use by mobile devices; therefore, the introduction of such specialized domain name will regulate the Internet and facilitate the search for restaurants, maps and news,” Lattouf commented.
The .mobi registry mTLD is appointed by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Ericsson, Google, Microsoft, Nokia, Samsung Electronics, and T-Mobile are among the investors in mTLD.
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