New gTLD list of extensions applied for...

...is available at http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/strings-1200utc-13jun12-en

Could any of these be rivals to .tel (users don't care about .tel's DNS data storage) ?

From a domain investors point of view there is one outstanding new gTLD .taxi - imagine the value that could be attached to a domain like http://London.taxi !

Interesting times lie ahead for domain investors and software developers - maybe we will remember the .tel project as just a bad dream ?

One thing I will be looking out for when considering which of the new gTLDS will succeed or fail is whether they have enlisted the services of http://RightOfTheDot.com - the founders Monte Cahn and Michael Berkens (http://rightofthedot.com/about) have a track record of successful mass marketing of domains.

I have suggested to Telnic that they should call upon their services to help re-invigorate the .tel extension - but to no avail !

http://MikeSeaton.tel

Withdrawn:

.and (Charleston Road Registry Inc.)
.ansons (CBM Creative Brands Marken GmbH)
.are (Charleston Road Registry Inc.)
.cadillac (General Motors LLC)
.caremore (WellPoint, Inc.)
.chartis (American International Group, Inc.)
.chatr (Rogers Communications Partnership)
.chevrolet (General Motors LLC)
.cialis (Eli Lilly and Company)
.est (Charleston Road Registry Inc.)
.glean (Lifestyle Domain Holdings, Inc.)
.gmbh (GMBH Registry, LLC)
.gmc (General Motors LLC)
.hilton (HLT Stakis IP Limited)
.ksb (KSB Aktiengesellschaft)
.skolkovo (Fund for Development)
.swiss (Swiss International Air Lines Ltd.)
.thehartford (Hartford Fire Insurance Company)
.transformers (Hasbro International, Inc.)

mikeseaton wrote:From a domain investors point of view there is one outstanding new gTLD .taxi - imagine the value that could be attached to a domain like http://London.taxi!

It may be that the registry will reserve all GEOs and all bigger towns for themselves and sell them in auctions.