The registration of names on the “.mobi” domain will be handled by mTLD Top Level Domain, a joint venture set up by a number of mobile phone companies, including Hutchison 3, the GSM Association, Ericsson, Microsoft, Nokia, Samsung, Syniverse Technologies, TIM, Telefonica Moviles, T-Mobile and Vodafone.The first .mobi domains will be available in the first half of 2006. It will start with a 90-days 'sunrise' period, which will allow registered trademark owners to secure their .mobi domain name. Read more at FT
ICANN approves .mobi domain for cell phones
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ICANN approved the new .mobi top level domain which is aimed at websites that have been designed to be viewed on mobile phones.