MOBILES TO GET TOP LEVEL DOMAIN

Written by Adam Gosling

Tuesday, 12 July 2005

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has approved the formation of a .mobi domain next year. The namespace will be sold and managed by a joint-venture company formed by Microsoft, Vodafone, Nokia, Ericsson, 3, Samsung, T-mobile and the GSM association, among others under a 10 year contract with ICANN. Called mTLD Top Level Domain Ltd, the company should commence registrations in the first hald of next year, giving precedence to trademark holders for the first three months. After that honeymoon period the plan is to hold the domain open for generic names listings. The TLD is meant for sites which have content formatted for the capabilities of mobile phones and other mobile devices. Mobile device optimisation will be a requirement and use of a style guide will be mandated as part of the registration contract. Related news items Engin Buys Into Unwired -03/09/2007 Mobile Speakerphone From Jabra -30/08/2007 What Colour Is Your Phone -27/08/2007 Mobile Apps Worth Billions To Operators -01/08/2007 Snow Bunnies Are Bound To Be Unwired -30/07/2007 Newer news items WIRELESS 4Th MOST POPULAR ACCESS TECHNOLOGY -28/02/2006 WIMAX STANDARD FINALLY RATIFIED -08/12/2005 Big Play For BigAir -28/11/2005 BLACKBERRY FLAVOURED NOKIAs -01/08/2005 WIMAX STARTS INTEROPERABLITY TESTING -13/07/2005 Older news items 100 METRE BLUETOOTH -05/07/2005 MOBILE USAGE TO BREACH 100% -29/05/2005 STRONG DEMAND FOR MOBILE BROADBAND -28/03/2005 Tag This Now: