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Launched just 8 months ago, .mobi domains have now crossed the 500,000 mark. This means millions of unique pages are now available optimized for mobile devices. Perhaps more important than this surge of content, however, is the surge of cash into the relatively young TLD.
As is the case in any form of [...]

Visa today announced a strategic investment in dotMobi. This investment adds Visa to a consortium of 13 leading mobile operators, device manufacturers and Internet content providers.
Visa brings to dotMobi extensive mobile commerce and payment capabilities, including solutions for contactless mobile payment, Over the Air (OTA) personalization, coupons and direct marketing.
“Visa’s strategic alliance with dotMobi puts [...]

Big business is getting serious on .mobi domain names. DotMobi recently announced that ten major corporations from various nations have joined the DotMobi Advisory Group (MAG). The ten newcomers include:

GoDaddy (USA)
Carlson Marketing (USA)
Millennial Media (USA)
Sony (Japan)
Firstserver (Japan)
ooober (Canada)
Instant Access Technologies (UK)
Bango (UK)
Telecom Italia (Italy)
Nubiq (Ireland)

The companies have joined the Advisory Group in order to be [...]

Moniker.com will be hosting another multi-million dollar live auction of premium domain names at T.R.A.F.F.I.C West in Las Vegas on Wednesday, March 7 at 2:30 pm PST at The Venetian Resort, Hotel and Casino.
Conference attendees will have the opportunity to place bids on valuable domains including Privacy.com, Ethanol.com, Reunite.com, Greeting.com, Sopranos.com and Minnesota.org.
dotMobi plans to [...]

The dotMobi registry recently lowered the minimum registration term for .mobi domains from 2 years to 1 year. This move was necessary and expected as it will attract new domain investors to the .mobi extension. As of right now, at least GoDaddy ($14.99/year) and Moniker ($12.95/year) allow you to register .mobi domains for 1 year [...]

dotMobi today announced an exclusive partnership with Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM), making them an official worldwide registry for the dotMobi domain. TIM will become the first mobile operator in the world to sell .mobi domains exclusively to customers, and to extend their mobile Internet offerings to subscribers through new TIM .mobi sites. This will create [...]

RENFE, the Spanish national railway operator, announced the launch of its .mobi portal at renfe.mobi. Travelers can check timetables, special offers and live alerts. While it's not possible to buy tickets yet, this feature will be added in the near future according to Pedro Miguel López Hernández, RENFE's director of publicity.