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The TEL Registry has announced the following downtime:

During the above maintenance window, you would not be able to Register, Renew, Transfer, Manage .TEL
domain names with .

This outage shall have no impact on the resolution/working of your already registered domain names. Please feel free to
get in touch with our Support Team
at , in case of any queries/doubts.

The .TEL Registry has announced the following downtime:

During the above maintenance window, propagation of updates to DNS for .TEL domain names will be delayed.

This outage shall have no impact on the resolution/working of your already registered domain names. Please feel free to get in touch with our Support Team at , in case of any queries/doubts.

The .TEL Registry has announced the following downtime:

During the above maintenance window, you would not be able to Register, Renew, Transfer, Manage .TEL
domain names with .

This outage shall have no impact on the resolution/working of your already registered domain names. Please feel free to
get in touch with our Support Team
at , in case of any queries/doubts.

The .TEL Registry has announced the following downtime:

During the above maintenance window, you would not be able to Register, Renew, Transfer, Manage .TEL
domain names with .

This outage shall have no impact on the resolution/working of your already registered domain names. Please feel free to
get in touch with our Support Team
at , in case of any queries/doubts.

Due to the following maintenance announced by the .TEL Registry, the .TEL Product would be offline as well:

Affected Systems: Domain Name Registrations, Renewals, Transfers, Management on the Live servers.

This outage shall have no impact on the resolution/working of your already registered domain names. Please feel free to get in touch with our Support Team at , in case of any queries/doubts.

Due to the following maintenance announced by the .TEL Registry, the .TEL Product would be offline as well:

Affected Systems: Domain Name Registrations, Renewals, Transfers, Management on the Live servers.

This outage shall have no impact on the resolution/working of your registered domain names. Please feel free to get in touch with our Support Team at , in case of any queries/doubts.

Multiple user applications are currently available for retrieving and editing data stored in .TEL domain names. These applications provide services such as looking up .TEL domain names, adding them to the address book, and launching applications corresponding to .TEL contacts etc.. Some applications even support "friending" other domain names to exchange sensitive information that is not publicly available.

.TEL Blackberry Application

Using the .TEL Blackberry Application, you can browse public and private contact data in .TEL domain names, and manage your .TEL domain name in real time.

Key Features of the Blackberry application

• Login, manage and edit .TEL domain names in real time.

• Search and add other .TEL domain names to your address book.

• Launch applications associated with corresponding types of records.

• Authenticate and read private .TEL data of your friends.

For more information about the application and installation, see .TEL Blackberry Application.

.TEL Windows Mobile Client

This application helps in looking up and adding .TEL domain names to the address book.

Key Features of .TEL Windows Mobile Client

• Login, manage and edit .TEL domain names in real time.

• Search and add other .TEL domain names to your address book.

• Launch applications associated with corresponding types of records.

• Authenticate and read private .TEL data of your friends.

For more information about the application and installation, see .TEL Windows Mobile Client.

.TEL Outlook Plug-in

Using the .TEL Outlook Plug-in, you can browse public and private contact data in .TEL domain names, and manage your .TEL domain name in real time.

Key Features of .TEL Outlook Plug-in

• Login, manage and edit .TEL domain names in real time

• Search and add other .TEL domain names to your address book

• Launch applications associated with corresponding types of records

• Authenticate and read private .TEL data of your friends.

For more information about the application and installation, see .TEL Outlook Plug-in.

.TEL Application for iPhone

Using this standalone application, you can manage .TEL domain name content from an iPhone or iPod Touch.

Key Features of .TEL Application for iPhone

• Add, remove, hide or show your contact information

• Update your status

• Publish your location with an embedded map

• Add or remove folders and profiles

• Manage privacy settings

• Add or remove keywords

For more information about the application and installation, see .TEL Application for iPhone.

Softphones with .TEL Support

Kiax Softphone and voipGATE .tel Softphone support dialling .TEL domain names.

For detailed information on features and installation procedure, see Softphones with .TEL Support.

You have the option not to have your Contact Details displayed in the Whois Lookup result of a .TEL domain name, if you are registering it as
an individual. You may choose this option at the time of Registration.

To Hide/Publish Contact Details of a Registered .TEL Domain Name

Hiding Contact Details ^{(Anchor: hiding)}

1. Login to your Control Panel. See details

2. Search for the .TEL domain name and proceed to the Order Details
   view. See details

   About Lock / Suspension 

   Note

   If the domain name is Locked/Suspended, you will have to first get it Unlocked/Unsuspended it before proceeding further.

   For Resellers: If the domain name is Locked by you, you may proceed without
   Unlocking it.

   For Resellers: If the domain name is Locked by , you need
   to get it Unlocked first. Contact us at .

   For Resellers: If the domain name is Suspended by either you or , it needs
   to be first Unsuspended, before you can proceed.

   Additional Information

   Unlocking a domain name

   Unsuspending a domain name

3. Click the Publish Whois Optout link.

4. Select the Enable Contact Privacy (I am an individual) radio button and then click the Update Contact Privacy Status button.

Whois Lookup Data 

Publishing Contact Details (if already hidden) ^{(Anchor: publishing)}

1. Login to your Control Panel. See details

2. Search for the .TEL domain name and proceed to the Order details
   view. See details

   About Lock / Suspension 

   Note

   If the domain name is Locked/Suspended, you will have to first get it Unlocked/Unsuspended it before proceeding further.

   For Resellers: If the domain name is Locked by you, you may proceed without
   Unlocking it.

   For Resellers: If the domain name is Locked by , you need
   to get it Unlocked first. Contact us at .

   For Resellers: If the domain name is Suspended by either you or , it needs
   to be first Unsuspended, before you can proceed.

   Additional Information

   Unlocking a domain name

   Unsuspending a domain name

3. Click the Publish Whois Optout link.

4. Select the Disable Contact Privacy radio button and then click the Update Contact Privacy Status button.

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Domain Name related Rules

Domain Name Registration ^{(Anchor: reg)}

• provides 2nd Level Domain Registration services under .TEL.

• A .TEL domain name provides the ability to store, publish and manage contact information and keywords directly in the Domain Name System (DNS), the hierarchical system by which easy-to-remember, human-friendly names such as somedomain.com are associated with Internet locations.

• You may register .TEL domain names containing 2 to 63 characters.

• From 13th March 2017, all usage restrictions were lifted from .TEL and you get to choose how you use your .TEL domain. Until then, your registrar or reseller provided you with access to and support for the Telhosting platform. For all new platform .TEL hosting product support requests from 13th March 2017 onwards, please contact [email protected]. You can write to the same email address in case you haven't received you new account details from the registry already.

• Telnic now has a new iOS and Android app that will enable .TEL owners using Telhosting to fully manage their domain content using their smartphone. Free downloads will be available from the .TEL website or from the Apple and Google Play stores.

Domain Name Transfer ^{(Anchor: trf)}

• You can create a backup of the data on your .TEL domain name and later restore it using this backup from within your .TEL Hosting Control
  Panel. See details

  This is particularly useful in case you are transferring your .TEL domain name from another Registrar to .

  Additional Information

  Creating a Backup and Restoring your data during an inter-Registrar Transfer of your .TEL domain name

Contact Details related Rules ^{(Anchor: contact)}

If the Registrant of a .TEL domain name is an individual, he/she has an option not to have his/her personal information displayed in the Whois. The Registrant can choose to have this option
enabled/disabled at the time of Registration.

However, if the Registrant of a .TEL domain name is an Organization, then the complete Contact details are displayed in the
Whois. See details

Name Servers and Child Name Servers related Rules ^{(Anchor: ns)}

Child Name Servers can not be registered under a .TEL domain name.

Example:

If you have a .TEL domain name registered as yourdomainname.tel, you cannot register a Child Name Server such as ns1.yourdomainname.tel, ns2.yourdomainname.tel, etc. under it.