Following the domain names such as .com, .net, .mobi, a new .tel domain name is coming into people's lives.
Reporter was informed that a new high-level domain name .tel recently opened up registration applications for enterprises and individuals. The main purpose of the .tel domain name is to provide up-to-date personal and company contact information such as phone, SMS platform, Internet phone, fax, email, internet connection, voice platform, etc. via the Internet. Its characteristic is the user can use the Internet to establish contact with the world without creating a web page. Registered individuals or businesses of this domain name, in fact, is equivalent to a digital business card, the world's Internet or mobile terminal users such as search engines can easily search these digital business card information.
From the use of features, .tel domain name can store contact information and location, as well as keywords designed for search engine optimization, is an Internet-based communications "Yellow Pages." Unlike previous familiar Internet domain names, since it is not a web page, data can be rapidly and properly delivered to a wide variety of devices, especially mobile phones.
It is reported that there are currently 130 Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) authorized registrars, of which more than 10 in Greater China.