.mobi Domain Name

	Cost: $29.09* Minimal Subscription Length: /1 year

dotMobi is the first – and only – top level domain dedicated to delivering the Internet to mobile devices.

Its purpose is to offer customers a streamlined version of web content that is fast and easy to navigate with mobile devices such as smart phones and PDAs.

The .MOBI registry, mTLD, is working with standards bodies and leading mobile operators to formulate a set of guides for .MOBI operators, based on open web standards and a predicatable user experience. This means mobile users can browse to .MOBI domain names with confidence - no more endless scrolling or large image downloads.

Mobile devices and the networks that support browsing the internet are improving, it seems like the mobile Web is almost a secret these days because sites can be hard to locate and have little content when you find them.

And yet, with four mobile phones purchased for every one personal computer, there’s a world of people whose main access point to the Internet is a mobile device.

There is finally a solution: dotMobi.

dotMobi will revolutionise the use of the Internet on mobile devices. dotMobi is designed to guide mobile users to made-for-mobile Internet content and services that can be accessed with confidence.

How can we be certain that the revolution will happen?

Because the dotMobi domain name extension is backed by the most prominent mobile and Internet players in the world – the very same companies who have delivered the promise of today's information society.

And most importantly, the dotMobi domain name extension is poised to meet the expectations of Internet and mobile users like you.

dotMobi. Internet made mobile.

Try dotMobi yourself.
.mobi Fact Sheet (PDF file, 1.7 MB - from mtld.mobi)

Technical Requirements

• A .MOBI domain name must have at least three characters.
• A .MOBI domain name may only contain the English-language letters A through Z, and the digits 0 through 9.
• It may contain hyphens, but hyphens cannot begin or end the domain name. Spaces and special characters are never permitted.

Legal Requirements

There are no geographical requirements or company requirements to register a .MOBI domain name.

Applicants must agree to follow the 'Switch On!' style guides provided by mTLD. The guides contain a set of mandatory and recommended best practices for developing mobile content and services, and compliance with these guides will be periodically checked by the registry.

	Cost: $29.09* Minimal Subscription Length: /1 year

Other charges for overages/additions

• Overages/Additional Diskspace, $1.00 /month, charged by the MegaByte (MB).
• Overages/Additional Bandwidth, $20.00 /month, charged by the GigaByte (GB).
• Conversion to Static IP, $5.00 /month per IP.

All information is correct at the time of publishing.