We are pleased to announce the new .tel TLD is now available with XDnet.co.uk

Because .Tel is a brand new TLD currently it isn’t as straightforward as registering your .com or .net domain, we will attempt at breaking this down step by step below.

The release schedule for .Tel domains are as follows:

Sunrise (Trademark Owner)

Sunrise for .Tel started Wednesday 3rd December 2008 3pm. Sunrise is the introductory period where trademark owners can claim their .Tel domain and to deter abusive, such as people bulk buying trademarked names, such as Apple.tel and Microsoft.tel

Trademark owners are welcome to register their trademark .Tel and should note:

• Application date for trademarks should before 30th May 2008
• If there are more than one valid applicant for a .Tel domain it will be processed in a “First come, first served” basis.
• The minimum registration period is 3 years

Landrush:

• Anyone is able to apply for a domain
• The minimum registration period is 3 years
• If there are more than one valid applicant for a .Tel domain it will be processed in a “First come, first served” basis.

To register your .Tel domain please contact XDnet directly via support ticket or live chat.

To find more information about .Tel domains, please visit the official .Tel website.

Prices

Below is a list of preliminary pricing which may be subject to change (up or down).

Minimum registry period is 3 years and is set by the registry (TelNic).

Sunrise: £100/yr

Landrush: £unknown. (Trying to get this ASAP)

Open: £12/yr

For more details take a look at telnic.org or contact XDnet.

All customers who purchase the business packages are entitled to a free domain name for the life of the package!

Applicable domains include:

• .BIZ
• .NAME
• .US
• .CO.UK
• .ME.UK
• .ORG.UK
• .ORG
• .NET
• .INFO
• .COM

Register today to recieve yours!

This promotion is for ALL business packages, including: Email Small Business, Email Business, Shared Hosting Business and SHOUTcast 1000.

Thats right, i have finally found myself a reasonable domain reseller, so i can proudly say XDnet is now in the domains business, providing cheap domains.

XDnet can now provide no fewer than 40 differenent TLD’s!

Prices starting from just £9, however discounts and hosting/domain packages will be on the site soon, so look out!

I have also spent a while moding up the Domain Avaliblity Checker which now has added features, like select all, and loading notifications!

Also been moding and styling the XDnet Client Area so things are only getting better!