The company would be launching these domain names on 1st June 2011.
Telnic Limited, the Registry Operator for the communications-focused .TEL top level domain (TLD), today announced that the launch date for the upcoming release of short (two-character) and numeric-only .TEL names would be 1st June 2011.
According to the company, the launch will consist of two phases:
- Landrush - A two-week period commencing from Wednesday 1st June 2011 at 3 p.m. BST, which will enable any individual or business to secure a short or numeric-only .TEL name at a premium registration price.
- General Availability - From 3 p.m. BST on Tuesday 14th June 2011, at regular registration pricing.
It mentions that the following strings will not be available for registration in this round:
Short domains
- All one-letter (from a.tel through to z.tel) domains
- All two-character country code top level domains (ccTLDs, such as uk.tel for example)
Numeric-only domains
- All single-digit (from 0.tel through to 9.tel) domains
- All combinations of digits and/or digit and hyphen strings that contain eight or more characters (for example, 12345678.tel or 123-5678.tel)
The company says that all registrations will be on a first-come, first served basis. As with existing .TEL domain name registrations, commercial pricing will be set by ICANN-accredited Registrars and their resellers. General Availability pricing is anticipated to be similar to existing .TEL registration costs. Registrations can be from one to ten years. A list of ICANN-accredited Registrars can be found at http://telnic.org/get-started-buy.html. Further information regarding short and numeric-only .TEL names can be found at http://telnic.org/short-numeric-only.html.
