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Rush Is On For 'Dot-Mobi' DomainsSep 26, 2006 Registrations began Tuesday for .mobi top level domain names for mobile wireless devices and cell phones. The names are available on a first-come first serve basis, though many common domain names have already been awarded to wireless companies and trademarked names. They had first dibs on suffixes for web pages formatted for cell phones and other wireless devices. The .mobi domain is managed by Mobile Top Level Domain, an entity created by Google, Microsoft, Nokia and Vodafone Group. Before the bidding got underway Tuesday, the company had said interest in the domain names wasn't strong. The company said it had received responses for just 13,000 registrations. Registrar EnCirca expressed confidence that registrations would eventually take off, observing there are four times as many cell phone users as Internet users. "This means that the wireless Internet has the potential of being much larger than the current PC-based Internet," EnCirca said. "But few web pages are designed to be accessed via mobile devices." Tom Barrett, EnCirca president, said owners of registered trademarks appear to have signed up in impressive numbers to secure their names in the new domain. |
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