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New Net Battle Over ".mobile" Looming

Posted by timothy on from the what-about-dot-family dept.

John IPsen writes "A group of big companies, including Nokia, Vodafone and Microsoft, today applied to ICANN to have a new ".mobile" domain in the next round of new Internet domains for connecting phones and PDAs to the Internet. But while they say they aren't aware of any competition, it seems that some others have been preparing their bids for a lot longer and a big battle may be brewing. More here."

2 of 233 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Alabama City TLD by Cutriss · · Score: 4, Informative

    Sigh...Funny, yes. Informative, no.

    Biloxi is in Mississippi.

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  2. Re:too long a name by the_c0de_man · · Score: 5, Informative

    No. And a six-digit TLD is even worse.