CHICAGO, Illinois, August 28, 2006—Trademark holders who register their .mobi domain names through Hostway during the trademark sunrise period will receive a free .mobi Web page builder. The trademark sunrise period has just been extended through September 22nd. During this time, national trademark holders may register their trademark as a .mobi domain name if the trademark was filed before July 11, 2005 and is actively registered.

“We are confident that the .mobi revolution will take off because it’s sponsored by the most prominent mobile and Internet players in the world—the very same companies who delivered the promise of today's information society,” said John Lee, vice president of global marketing for Hostway. “We want to ensure our customers have access to this new technology, so we’re making it easy for them to design a .mobi-compliant Web site with our template-based Web site builder. It is currently available for free with each .mobi domain name registered through Hostway.”
Leading mobile operators, network device manufacturers and Internet content providers worldwide have backed the new domain, including: Ericsson, Google, GSM Association, Hutchison, Microsoft, Nokia, Orascom Telecom, Samsung Electronics, Syniverse, T-Mobile, Telefónica Móviles, TIM and Vodafone.

ICANN approved the .mobi top-level domain, which was created to signal to mobile-device users that a Web page is optimized for viewing on cell phones and personal digital assistants. The .mobi registry has created a set of guidelines to overcome the past issues experienced with accessing the Internet from a mobile device such as high bandwidth cost, low content quality and slow access. The trademark sunrise period gives trademark holders the opportunity to register their trademarks in the .mobi domain before someone else does. After September 22, registration opens to the general public. That’s why trademark holders are strongly encouraged to register their domain name before the sunrise period ends.
To learn how .mobi takes businesses mobile, visit Hostway’s Web site.


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