Telnic Announces Accredited Technology Partner Programme
LONDON, January 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Telnic Limited (http://www.telnic.org), the registry operator
for the new .tel top level domain, today announced the opening of the Telnic
Accredited Technology Partner programme for organizations looking to
integrate their technology products and services with .tel. This free and
optional programme is available to all organizations wishing to seamlessly
integrate their offerings with the .tel service.
"We've seen a huge response from organizations of all types
about the .tel," said Henri Asseily, CTO and Chief Strategist for Telnic
Limited, "We're now creating a formal program that will enable technology and
web services providers of all types to work with us to make sure that they
can integrate with the .tel platform seamlessly."
The .tel domain provides individuals and businesses with a
communications 'hub' which enables them to store all types of contact
information and publish it to any device connected to the internet. As a
platform entirely under the user's control, this enables them to:
- Transition between communications channels and technologies
easily dependent on how new technologies and channels develop
- Adopt and replace existing communications channels such as
landline numbers with voice over IP (VoIP) numbers easily,
transitioning to lower-cost solutions
- Adopt new customer relationship management (CRM)
technologies that enable them to enhance their customer experience
- Use the .tel domain as a shield to protect private contact
information, thus making it their single point of contact in third
party services like social and business networks
- Manage in a neutral space subscriptions to other web
services, allowing their APIs to talk under their control within their
.tel environment
An organization gaining Telnic Accredited Technology Partner
status will have worked with Telnic to test, document, integrate and accredit
its technology solution to work with the .tel top level domain (TLD). The
specific technology will also carry a stamp of approval from .tel.
Accreditation includes a shared testing process in order to
make sure that the application works correctly with communications
information stored within the Domain Name System (DNS), the APIs and Web
Proxy pages allowing customers to access and interact with the .tel
information, and the TelHosting platform which enables customers to input,
manage and publish information in their .tel domain.
Organisations currently working with Telnic who automatically
become part of this programme include:
- voipGATE - voipGATE operates locally and worldwide as one of
the unique and leading Operators in Voice over IP by offering
professional telecommunication services (SIP Trunk) with added value
services like Online Communication Management, Softphone, Webphone,
Click2Call, Callback, and local Phone Numbers
- Digitrad - Digitrad offers interactive voice services
administrated from the web. Stand4u interactive voice response (IVR),
Visual Voicemail, RSS voice, Flash2call, Call standard, Call transfer,
Hotline, Premium numbers, Conferences, Online gaming, voice guides and
micro-payment solutions
- Webnames.ca - Webnames.ca is Canada's original domain
registrar and a one-stop convenience for the online needs of
individuals, small businesses, nonprofit organizations and corporations
Jorge Marques, COO of voipGATE, comments "We are delighted to
be Telnic's Accredited Technology Partner as we believe the .tel embodies the
communication platform for the next generation. For the last months we have
closely worked with Telnic on our communication services to enhance the .tel
experience. It is key for voipGATE to be part of this new trend, and the
upcoming version of our Softphone will be the result of the .tel directory
services and functionalities integration. Ease-of-access, contact management
and call options provided by any .tel name will become instantly available to
customers in one key application, our Softphone".
Any organization or individual developers wishing to find out
more about integrating .tel with their products and services can visit
http://dev.telnic.org. For further information or to contact Telnic about
participating in this programme, organizations can email news@telnic.org
About Telnic Limited
Founded in 2000, Telnic Limited is the UK-based Registry Operator and
Sponsoring Organization for the new .tel sponsored top level domain (sTLD).
For more information regarding the .tel domain or Telnic Limited, please
visit http://www.telnic.org. .tel will launch to trademark holders on
December 3, 2008 and everyone else on February 3, 2009.
Source: Telnic Limited
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