(pressebox) Koeln, 02.04.2011 – ICANN Registrar Secura is offering pre-pregistration of two-character tel-domains and numeric tel-domains. These tel-domains will be launched at 1st June 2011.
Who is it for:
Companies with 2-letter or all-numeric brands or trademarks.
Vanity number operators or those wanting to get keyboard-numeric versions of their names.
Individuals who want to be known by their initials or with a penchant for lucky numbers.
Businesses using shortcodes for marketing and support services.
How it works
* What: two-character (aa.tel or a1.tel) and numeric-only domains between 2 and 7 digits with or without hyphens
* How: First-come first-served basis
* When: From 3 p.m. BST on June 1st for Landrush; from 3 p.m. BST on June 14th for general availability
Exceptions
The following domains will not be available for registration in this program:
* One-letter (from a.tel through to z.tel) and one-digit domains (from 0.tel through to 9.tel)
* Two-character country code top level domains (ccTLDs, such as uk.tel)
* Combinations of digits and/or digit and hyphen strings that contain eight or more characters (for example, 12345678.tel or 123-5678.tell).
Hans-Peter Oswald
http://www.domainegistry.de/tel-domain.html