MySpace, BT to offer Web contact domains to users

LONDON, March 25 (Reuters) - Social network MySpace (NWS.O) and British telecoms provider BT (BT.L) will be among the first companies to offer a new type of Web domain for their users to manage their contact details live online. Telnic, the registry operator for ".tel" top-level domains, announced the general availability of such domains for all businesses this week. Having a .tel domain allows individuals or companies to have an Internet presence without having a Website. UK-based Telnic describes .tel as a means to a 21st century business card, replacing the need for a physical card whose contact details will sooner or later become outdated. "You have two problems today: a multiplicity of information, and mobility," Telnic's Chief Executive Khashayar Mahdavi told Reuters in a telephone interview. ".tel won't change."... [read full story]                    

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