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dotMobi passes 400k
Stuart O'Brien Mar 6 2007, 11:30am
More than 400,000 .mobi domains have been registered in 104 countries since the its launch in October 2006.
dotMobi, the company that administers the domain, says demand is reflected in the fact that it took 10 years for .com registrations to reach a quarter of that number.
The .mobi domain was created to denote sites created specifically for mobile phones.
dotMbi CEO Neil Edwards said: “The reality is the next generation of internet content is mobile. Today’s consumers want good content anywhere, at any time. The numbers reflect the commitment developers have made to reach consumers using .mobi."
In addition to general domain sales through registrars, dotMobi has implemented unique RFP and auction processes for highly desired domain names.
Following a successful 2006 auction, dotMobi will include additional select domains on March 7 at Moniker’s T.R.A.F.F.I.C. WEST Domain Auction in Las Vegas.
The .mobi names scheduled for auction include 'airfare', 'areacodes', 'cam', 'casinos', 'creditscore', 'directions', 'eat', 'libre', 'loancalculator', 'models', 'newmusic', 'pics', 'pizza', 'realestate' and 'singles'.
dotMobi has also set up a number of developer initiatives, including 'how-to' guides, a multi-language site-building tool and a site testing process.
