.tel Domain

.tel is a top-level domain (TLD) in the Domain Name System (DNS) of the Internet. It was approved by ICANN as a sponsored top-level domain, and is operated by Telnic. Telnic announced in January 2011 that over 300,000 domains had been registered since the start of general availability on 24 March 2009. A substantial drop of mostly IDN .tel's occurred at the beginning of 2014. The total number of registered websites under .tel as of 9 October 2023 is approximately 43,227. The domain's purpose is to provide a single name space for Internet communications services. Subdomain registrations serve as a single point of contact for individuals and businesses, providing a global contact directory service by hosting all types of contact information directly in the Domain Name System, without the need to build, host or manage a traditional web service. Additionally, as of July 2010, every .tel domain acts as an OpenID and an increasing number of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) clients can address a .tel domain name directly. The TLD implementation also supports the hCard micro-format.

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Available Extensions

Available registrations (e.g. domain.tel): Yes

Useful Information

  • Cancellation period 0 Days
  • Whois Server whois.nic.tel

Contact Prerequisites

Available types:

  • Owner must be Person or Organization

Transfer

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The transfer must be initiated by our system.

To successfully initiate a transfer, you must provide a valid authorization code. You can obtain the authorization code from the old registrar.

Once the transfer has been successfully initiated, the old registrar must confirm the transfer.

If the old registrar does not respond to the transfer within 5 Days, the transfer is automatically confirmed.

Usually, a transfer completes in 5 Days.

Owner Change

An owner change is free and can be easily performed in our system.

Name Server

  • Check: No
  • IP Types: IPv4/IPv6
  • DNSSEC: Yes
  • min. Name servers: 2
  • max. Name servers: 13

Restoration

A restoration can be performed in our system up to 30 Days after deletion.