ICANN Approves .Tel Domain Name
ICANN has approved a new top-level domain .Tel awarding a contract to British company, Telnic.
ICANN’s board made the decision last Tuesday, said Andrew Robertson, a spokesman for the organisation but it was overshadowed by ICANN’s rejection at the same meeting of the .xxx domain name.
Telnic, which applied for the domain in October 2000, says it envisages creating a universal text and navigation system for contact information over the Internet. Mobile device users could communicate and access the services of organisations or individuals with .tel domain names.
On their website, Telnic explained how the new domain name .Tel could help people. For example, a user would type Hertz.tel on the mobile phone and be connected to a customer service rep for the local area. Pretty cool, isn’t it?
ICANN rejects .xxx domain name
Via CNET comes news that ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) has voted down a proposal to create a .xxx domain for adult Web sites.
From to the news:
The plan has drawn considerable controversy over recent months, with conservative groups campaigning against the domain due to concerns that it would legitimize pornography. Advocates of the plan have denied this, claiming that it would make it easier for Web users to avoid porn.
Well, this is not the first time. ICANN has discarded the plans to vote on the creation of a .xxx domain name last December.