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Originally Posted by Poker Let's start back at the beginning with the geniuses ... |
NOKIA was the genesis behind the genius of .mobi
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Date Milestones 2000 .mobi Top Level Domain first conceived within Nokia November 2003 Nokia invites Microsoft and Vodafone to join discussions December 2003 Nokia signs agreement with Microsoft and Vodafone February 2004 Founders invite other companies to join dotmobi initiative March 2004 10 companies agree to join; dotmobi consortium formed March 2004 .mobi Top Level Domain application submitted to ICANN July 2005 ICANN approve .mobi contract; dotMobi (mTLD) appointed as global registry for .mobi July 2005 dotMobi inaugural board meeting Jan 2006 dotMobi opens Dublin Headquarters May 2006 dotMobi launches Limited Industry Sunrise, drawing registrations from hundreds of blue chip companies June 2006 dotMobi Launches Trademark Sunrise, with thousands of trademark names registered in the first hour of launch Sept 2006 dotMobi closes Trademark Sunrise with more than 13,000 trademark names registered. A few days later, dotMobi successfully launches its General Registration period with a two-week Landrush
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Here is the current esteemed dotMobi Board of Directors: Quote:
dotMobi Board of Directors
Company Director
Ericsson Mr. Hans OVESEN
Google Mr. Dilip VENTAKACHARI
GSM Association Mr. Ben SOPPITT
Hutchison (3) Mr. Christian SALBAING
Microsoft Mr. Matt CHAMPAGNE
Nokia Mr. Timo SKYTTA
Orascom Telecom Mr. Khaled BICHARA
Samsung Electronics Mr. Do Hun KWON
Syniverse Technologies Mr. Jerry EASOM (Chairman)
Telefonica Móviles Mr. Luis Jorge ROMERO
TIM (Telecom Italia) Mr. Gaetano LIGGIERI
T-Mobile Mr. Normen B. KOWALEWSKI
Visa International Mr. Patrick GAUTHIER
Vodafone Mr. Reinhard KREFT
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