In the middle of this month, itwire.com published a small article about the possibilities for the new .tel domains.

Telnic, the company behind the .tel top level domain launching in December and billed as "a new communications 'hub' for individuals and businesses that...will enable secure sharing of contact information and true personalisation of online services" is releasing beta versions of applications for BlackBerries, iPhones and Window -based PCs that will enable address books to be dynamically updated with information stored in a .tel owner's domain.

".tel owners will now be able to experience total control over the services they subscribe to, having an online identity under their own domain name which they own, and which acts as a hub where all kinds of services and people can interact with them, securely and efficiently.

He claimed that, "With the new services that developers can deliver for customers, the bad old days of manually updating contact information and the outdated and fragmented information available within yellow page directories online will finally be a thing of the past."
Don't be surprised when your new phones come with a built-in .tel domain application next year!

.Tel domain registrations are available through the following registrars:

1. Network Solutions

2. Domainit.com

3. EuroDNS

4. Easy Space

5. Moniker.com

Simple and common first names will definitely be the first to go soon as the dot tel domains are launched in the next few months. Even right now, some may have already pre-registered .tel domains which are considered premium because they can easily be recalled. Think in the lines of mary.tel, or mike.tel and bob.tel. If you by any chance have any of those names, you might have just missed your chance.

All's not lost though. EuroDNS.com is still accepting pre-registration for everybody on the planet. Anybody can apply and pre-register their dot tel domains on a first-come first served basis. Even if you don't actually own the name, registering commonfirstname.tel can be one of the better domain investments around because there will always be an available buyer.

Other registration options for .tel domains are:

1. Network Solutions

2. Domainit.com

3. Easy Space

4. Moniker.com