1. Create and Control your Communications Hub

The .tel enables you to create a fully interactive and live communications hub to take control over how and where customers communicate with you. Using YourCompany.tel, you can publish all your means of communication, for example: phone, mobile, fax, premium numbers, VoIP and IM handles and email addresses. You can also store web links, geo-location data and keywords describing your business.

2. Join the Only, Real-Time, Global Directory

YourCompany.tel offers you an entry into the first global directory, allowing you to own and control all your contact information and update it in real-time whenever you wish. By contrast to existing directory services that are highly fragmented and very expensive, the .tel provides worldwide coverage, full control and real-time updating for only a fraction of the cost.

3. Effectively Route Customers to appropriateDepartments and Locations

YourCompany.tel allows you to easily route customers to the department or location of their choice using a quick and intuitive navigation structure based on innovative DNS technology.

4. Increase Online Discoverability

YourCompany.tel increases your business’s discoverability online by allowing you to publish multi-lingual keywords for each department and
location. These keywords are indexed by leading search engines, which improves your online visibility.

5. Connect with your Customers from any Device

YourCompany.tel makes your business or brand instantly accessible from any device connected to the internet. Your customers simply type in YourCompany.tel into a browser, select a method of contact and click to initiate communication.

6. Gain an Effective Mobile Presence

YourCompany.tel is optimized for mobile devices since it uses small and fast DNS lookups rather than pulling traditional website and html content. It therefore enables you to be quickly and easily found on all mobile devices.

7. Live Update Anytime, Anywhere

YourCompany.tel may be easily updated in real time from any device connected to the internet through a user-friendly interface.

8. Incorporate Premium Numbers for Voting and Betting Services

A business could use their .tel to easily set up, integrate and manage time-sensitive tasks such as SMS voting for a favorite TV reality show (i.e. American Idol) with one-click functionality. Viewers could use the choices under the .tel to vote for their favorite celebrity.

9. Generate Advertising and Sales Revenue under Generic Domain Names

A business could also use the .tel for services that are based on generic names: hotels.tel, plumber.tel, insurance.tel, locksmith.tel, etc. Each .tel domain could easily have multiple sub-domains for navigation to local providers or specialists.

10. Drive Traffic to E-commerce Storefronts

A business could use the .tel to offer storefront services and collect micro-payments for downloads, products or services. For example: a celebrity fan club site can provide news, chats, or downloadable mobile content such as MP3s or ringtones, as shown below.