more on New Domain Is Proposed

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 11:43:21 -0800
From: Ali Farshchian <ali () circleid com>
Subject: RE: [IP] more on New Domain Is Proposed
To: dave () farber net


> The proposed .mobile is a stupid idea.

Possible but I think there is more to this than we are seeing on the
surface -- this appears to be just the tip of the iceberg (a hook) for a
calculated long-term strategy...

Here's my two cents on the topic, feel free to post if appropriate for the
IP list:

"Industry Giants Embarking on Internet Frontiers"
http://www.circleid.com/article/528_0_1_0_C/

[...]

Future TLDs, yet to be seen, as well as existing ones such as .NET, .Pro,
.Travel, mTLDs and the like are 'potentially' explosive as the bulbs are
starting to light up in the heads of industry giants. And this time around,
the players don't appear to be in an
experimental-let-us-see-what-comes-out-of-it mood as we are seeing with the
mTLD case:

Christian Salbaing, Managing Director - European Telecommunications,
Hutchison Europe Telecommunications SARL said: "3 is delighted to be part of
the MTLD alliance to bid for a Mobile Top Level Domain through the ICANN
process, and is looking forward to working with other consortium members for
the success of this venture. 3 is the first operator to provide commercial
3G services globally and we strongly believe that initiatives such as a
dedicated mobile domain name can help to improve our customers experience
and promote the creation of new services."

"Creating a unique, standard platform for a mobile Internet environment is a
natural next step to enabling new and compelling services for businesses and
consumers," said Felice Swapp, director of strategic initiatives and
business development, HP. "HP has long been an innovator of mobile
technologies for all customer segments, from consumers to enterprises to
service providers, and we proudly extend our investment in the future of
mobility through our participation in this initiative."

"Orange has always been firmly focused on the customer experience and we are
delighted to be part of this important industry-wide initiative that will
ensure a compelling content experience on mobile," said Richard Brennan,
Executive Vice-President, Orange Global Brand, Marketing and Products. "The
creation of this mobile Top Level Domain provides an opportunity for us to
deliver clear guidelines that the whole industry will get behind to make it
a better environment for our customers as well as content and service
partners."

"A mobile mTLD would help Samsung in cooperation with its customers to
better serve the end-users with interesting new capabilities," said Mr. John
S. Csapo Senior Vice President of Samsung Telecommunications America.

"We believe that a top level domain for mobility is an important step and
are excited to be working closely with such a broad coalition to make it a
reality," said David Rivas, CTO, Consumer & Mobile Systems Group, Sun
Microsystems.

We just might be in for a surprise for the type of uses, policies, fee
structures, even technologies and services that might come out of the next
generation top-level domains.

[...]

-Ali

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