(pressebox) (Koeln, 02.04.2011) ICANN Registrar Secura is offering pre-pregistration of two-character tel-domains and numeric tel-domains. These tel-domains will be launched at 1st June 2011.

Who is it for:

Companies with 2-letter or all-numeric brands or trademarks.

Vanity number operators or those wanting to get keyboard-numeric versions of their names.

Individuals who want to be known by their initials or with a penchant for lucky numbers.

Businesses using shortcodes for marketing and support services.

How it works

* What: two-character (aa.tel or a1.tel) and numeric-only domains between 2 and 7 digits with or without hyphens
* How: First-come first-served basis
* When: From 3 p.m. BST on June 1st for Landrush; from 3 p.m. BST on June 14th for general availability


Exceptions

The following domains will not be available for registration in this program:

* One-letter (from a.tel through to z.tel) and one-digit domains (from 0.tel through to 9.tel)
* Two-character country code top level domains (ccTLDs, such as uk.tel)
* Combinations of digits and/or digit and hyphen strings that contain eight or more characters (for example, 12345678.tel or 123-5678.tell).

Hans-Peter Oswald
http://www.domainegistry.de/...