TelNic
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| Type: | Private |
| Industry: | Registrar |
| Founded: | UK (2000) |
| Headquarters: | 37 Percy Street, London W1T 2DJ USA |
| Employees: | 12 (2009) |
| Website: | http://www.telnic.org |
| Key People | |
| Khashayar Mahdavi, Chief Executive Officer Henri Asseily, Chief Strategist & CTO | |
Founded in UK,TelNic is a Registry Operator and Sponsoring Organization for the new .tel sponsored top level domain (sTLD) based on Uk. [1]. It was launched to the general public on March 24th 2009 and has since registered over 275,000 .tel names.[2].
Telnic is the pioneer of creating new technology for publishing and discovery platform, by combining an innovative use of existing internet infrastructure with a new purpose domain name system. This allows companies and individuals to create a virtual vCard or contact directory that enables users to easily and instantly "click to connect" via their preferred device. [3]..tel owners can take control of how people interact with them under a domain that they own while .tel users can discover contact information in a quick, easy and cheap manner.
History
In 2000, Telnic is founded and collaborates with strategic partners and service providers to develop a proof-of-concept.
It applies for the .tel in the first round of TLD applications, which is not successful On October, 2000. However, ICANN encourages Telnic to re-submit in the following round after building a proof of concept. Telnic finally re-submits its modified application to ICANN for the .tel sTLD March 2004. On May 2006, Telnic’s application is successful and ICANN signs a formal agreement authorizing Telnic to operate the .tel sTLD.
In 2006, development begins on open source mobile and desktop client applications.Key agreements with strategic partner NeuStar and Sunrise Validation Agent Deloitte are signed in 2007. Telnic campaigns for better protection of privacy for individuals in WHOIS in the same year.
On 22nd June 2008, the Sunrise period is announced for 3rd December 2008 to the industry at ICANN Paris. Sunrise period opens in December 2008 and Landrush period opens in February 2009.
On March 2009, First .tel domains go live in the DNS. General Availability opens on March 24th 2009
As of January 2010, 300,000 .tel domains registered. Since June 2010, All .tel names support OpenID.
Products and Services
.tel enables you to store, update and publish all your contact information, web links and keywords directly on the internet under your own unique domain name. Simple, fast and accessible from any device, .tel provides a new internet standard to take full control over how and where people reach you.
Unlike all other TLDs, .tel enables anyone to utilize the DNS to store information as data. As such, .tel does not require (or allow) the building of traditional websites but instead can be used as an instant online presence, formatted for any device with a browser, that can be built without the need for technical development skill. It is the first TLD that can be utilized 'out of the box' with no further software and can be managed from smartphones. As the information is stored as data, it can also be accessed by non-traditional methods, such as through internet telephony soft phones (like Kiax, voipGATE, Phoner Lite, etc) so that individuals can 'dial' a .tel. Additionally, with the support for OAuth, .tel domains can be accessed via SMS gateways An example of this concept can be seen by utilizing Twitter's SMS gateway to access .tel information.[4]
The .tel delivers:
– integration of any and all means of communication (i.e. Phone numbers, IM, VOIP, email, social media), location records and keywords
– real-time publishing of your contact information on the internet
– full ownership of your published data
– protection of your private data, only viewable by people you authorize
– simple structured navigation to easily reach the most relevant information
– high speed global access optimized for mobile devices
– multi-language, search engine-friendly structured information and keywords
- an ownable OpenID for all .tel owners
- support for hCard functionality
- near real-time updating of information from a free web control panel, or free iPhone and Android applications
- a single, low-cost annual registration fee with all the tools necessary to manage a .tel included
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