.Tel and .Mobi - let's get the facts right

A couple of days ago, someone forwarded me a blog entry trying to compare .tel and .mobi.  The conclusion the author drew was that .tel is similar to dotMobi and hence a "threat."  Happily, when I looked at the comments, many had chided the author for not checking the facts behind his stated opinion. I am glad the Internet is a "self governing" body. 

Fact: Look at our site and the .Tel application , they are entirely different. 

Tel is a "universal text based communications identifier".  Keep in mind a URL is a text-based identifier for an IP address -- hence easier to remember.  They want to take advantage of the IP infrastructure and emerging VOIP to link various contact data to an easy to remember .tel name.  They say that this allows individual and organizations to manage their various contact info as well. The example they use is hertz.tel.  Hertz can potentially route the calls to any of of their call centers based on what may be most appropriate for the customer. 

.mobi is a discovery method and a set of open-source tools for mobile content that ensures the mobile site you are accessing works on your mobile.

What about these two services (or even companies) sound remotely similar?

I wish Telnic and the smart and capable people behind .tel  (some of whom I know) all the success.  I am sure they are eager as well to make sure the market and the public get the right idea about their offering.  Bloggers who wish to stir up controversy are doing a disservice not only to us but more importantly to their readers. 

Comments

[DNexperiment]

thanks so much for the explaination...the wrong comparison gets posted on forums by uninformed people.