First Internet Address for Mobile Phones – dotMobi – Announced at CTIA

Supported by Leading Industry Organizations, dotMobi Will Begin Registering Names in Late May

LAS VEGAS, April 5 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Mobile Top Level Domain (mTLD) announced the availability of the first and only Internet address created for mobile phones: “.mobi”.

“The dotMobi Internet address, which is set for launch on May 22nd, brings the ease of accessing the Internet from the PC to mobile phones everywhere, and clearly indicates Internet sites and applications that are designed for consumers on the go,” said Neil Edwards, CEO, mTLD Ltd. “dotMobi is the Internet made mobile.”

“More people have access to an Internet-ready phone than to a PC with Internet access,” said Edwards. By 2008, researchers expect 1.3 billion people to be connected to the Internet through mobile devices.

However, accessing the Internet on a mobile phone can be frustrating. Downloading content to mobile devices can be expensive, slow, exceed screen size, and difficult to navigate.

“Many existing Internet sites are grounded in desktop PC-oriented services and were not designed with a mobile phone in mind, which has led to less than ideal performance for consumers,” said Edwards. “The dotMobi sites are tailor-made for browsing and navigating on the mobile phone, making a far better experience.”

To make creating Web sites for mobile Internet functional and reliable, mTLD has developed rules and best practices, all based on open standards, for content developers and service providers. This ensures that their Web sites can be viewed and navigated by any mobile phone.

The consultative dotMobi Switch On! Web Browsing Guide may be found at mtld.mobi. A guide for mobile messaging will be launched later this year. These guides are based on best practices specified by the World Wide Web Consortium’s Mobile Web Initiative (MWI).

mTLD has already issued temporary domain names to Newbay, Nokia, TIM, Vodafone and Weather Channel, among others, to demonstrate the improved reliability of downloading dotMobi Web content on mobile devices.

“Many Americans will experience broadband for the very first time through wireless technology and research shows that consumers would like to access the Internet and other data services using their mobile devices,” said Steve Largent, President and CEO of CTIA. “Ensuring predictable and reliable Internet access from any device on any network is important to CTIA — The Wireless Association(R). CTIA is proud to announce that our members will be eligible for early Sunrise Period registration for dotMobi domains beginning May 22.”

To see hands-on demonstrations of dotMobi Web sites on mobile phones at CTIA Wireless 2006, visit the “family room” at the CTIA Wireless Home and booth #2615.

mTLD Backed by Industry
Backed by many of the world’s leading mobile operators, handset manufacturers and software developers, mTLD has been designated the official worldwide registry for the dotMobi domain.

Leading mobile industry associations including the GSM Association (an mTLD founding investor), CTIA — The Wireless Association(R), and the Mobile Marketing Association have lined up to support an early dotMobi launch for their members May 22-29, 2006. Referred to as the sunrise period, this launch offers the mobile industry a week-long advance period to register their trade and service marks.

mTLD is working closely with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), registrars, copyright bodies and site owners to ensure that trademarks are properly protected during the sunrise period.
For more information on the dotMobi sunrise program, visit mtld.mobi.

About mobile Top Level Domain, Ltd.
mobile Top Level Domain Ltd (mTLD), a joint venture company based in Dublin, Ireland, is leading the development of Internet usage from mobile devices by switching on the dotmobi domain name. Unique among domain name providers, mTLD ensures that services and sites developed around dotmobi are optimized for use by mobile devices. Consumers on the go can have confidence that the Internet site or service will work from their mobile device when using the dotmobi address.

The company gained approval from ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) for the ‘.mobi’ Sponsored Top level Domain (TLD) in the second half of 2005. mTLD is backed by leading mobile operators, network and device manufacturers, and Internet content providers. Investors in mTLD include Ericsson, GSM Association, Hutchison 3, Microsoft, Nokia, Orascom Telecom, Samsung Electronics, Syniverse, T-Mobile, Telefonica Moviles, TIM and Vodafone. mTLD is also a sponsor of W3C’s Mobile Web Initiative.

CONTACT:
Danielle Siemon
Edelman Public Relations
+1-650-429-2739
danielle.siemon@edelman.com

Vance Hedderel
mobile Top Level Domain, Ltd.
+1-703-485-5563
vhedderel@mtld.mobi

Domain Name One Auctions Sex.nr and Nic.nr Domains

The recent explosive growth in online business has made in imperative for businesses to own a top domain name.

(PRWEB) May 24, 2006 — Domain Name One, a domain reselling company, is offering two of the most rare and valuable keyword names, Sex.nr and Nic.nr for sale on ebay.com (item # 9730403630).

The recent explosive growth in online business has made in imperative for businesses to own a top domain name. Global branding and the rise of the Internet have created a huge market of demand for good domain names. Unfortunately, the skyrocketing costs of premium keywords at the .com level have weeded out the small businesses, with small budgets, from ever owning a premium, one word name.

However, small business wishing to own a great, memorable name can now buy great keywords in more obscure extensions for just a fraction of the price of the .com version. Recent sales of names such as nav.no for $700,000 help show the huge market for these types of names. It is clear why people like Sam Huang, founder and CEO of Domain Name One, have invested their money into the plethora of new extensions.

“With names such as diamonds.com selling for $7.5 million, it is imperative to offer a second hand solution to the problem of global branding…why pay thousands for something like PokerClub.com when you can get poker.cg for the same price?” says Huang, “We offer keyword names, such as Casino.vu, for a fraction of the price for the .com”.

The leaders in today’s domain world such as Bill Mushkin, CEO of Name.com, and Roland LaPlante, VP of Afilias, have invested heavily in such extensions, and anticipating an exponential growth in the ROI for investments into premium keyword names such as sex and poker.

Many experts believe that sex.nr is worth at minimum, tens of thousands of dollars. “It is really a unique opportunity, you don’t see many sex.cctlds up for sale… and never on ebay”, says Ryan Simari, a domain analyst. “The beauty of a cctld is that is works just like a .com, anyone in the world can view it”. SEO experts around the world all also agree that the major search engines don’t give preference to .com or one extension, thus offering a cheaper solution to small businesses who want valuable search traffic.

“Theoretically, business.ug could just as be as high ranked as business.com, and to obtain business.ug would be just a fraction of the cost it would be to obtain business.com” says Kunal Patel, SEO professional.

The ebay auction for sex.nr is due to end May 28th. The world’s domain experts will be watching closely to gauge the current cctld market. However, most experts agree that whatever the ending price is, the buyer will make a considerable profit if he/she decides to sell the name in the following year.

The sex.nr auction can be found by searching for item # 9730403630 on ebay.com or by going to dn1.org/ebay.php.

Domain name One currently sells its names through its two brokers, Sedo and Afternic. A master list of domains for sale can be found at dn1.org. Bulk deals can be arranged through email (email protected from spam bots).

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Press Contact: Samuel Huang
Company Name: Domain Name One
Email: email protected from spam bots
Phone: 469-226-5924
Website: http://dn1.org/

Largest Live Domain Name Auction Produces Nearly $2.1 Million in Sales

The largest live Internet domain name auction ever held produced nearly $2.1 million in sales in just 3 hours Thursday, May 4, in the main event at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. WEST Conference at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Another piece of domain history was made during the auction when SEX.NET sold for $450,000 in the largest .net sale ever reported.

(PRWEB) May 9, 2006 — The largest live Internet domain name auction ever held produced nearly $2.1 million in sales in just 3 hours Thursday, May 4 in the main event at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. WEST Conference at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Another piece of domain history was made during the auction when SEX.NET sold for $450,000 in the largest .net sale ever reported.

Press Contact: Rick Schwartz
Company Name: WORLD ASSOCIATION OF DOMAIN NAME DEVELOPERS
Phone: 561-997-6286
Website: http://www.targetedtraffic.com