Yes. There are additional information required to register the .TEL domain extension.

.TEL domains are not allowed for short and numeric domains:

• all one-letter (from a.tel through to z.tel) domains 
• all single-digit (from 0.tel through to 9.tel) domains
• all two-character country code top level domains (ccTLDs). For example; uk.tel
• all combinations of digits and/or digit and hyphen strings that contain a hyphen in the third and fourth position.

No. There is no Trustee Service (Proxy) available for this domain name extension.

Trustee Service helps you satisfy most local presence requirements when there are restrictions on registering a domain name.

No. ID Protection is not allowed for this domain name extension.

ID Protection is a service that hides your private information (name, address, email, etc.) from being displayed publicly in a global database on WHOIS to reduce spam.

Yes. There are some domain names restricted for the registration of .TEL domain extension.

Violating rights to third parties, names, and activities that are offensive or illegal are prohibited.

Anyone or any business is eligible to register the  .TEL domain extension.

The minimum period to register the  .TEL domain name extension is 1year.

The .TEL domain name is registered immediately.

Once the domain expires, it will be in Renewal Grace Period for 0-40 days when the domain name can only be renewed but not transferred to another registrar, followed by a 30-day Redemption Period (also known as Pending Delete Restorable) when all services associated with the domain name (eg. DNS, website, emails) will automatically not be available but the domain can still be renewed. At the end of the Redemption Period, it enters into a 5-day Pending Purge period and the domain name can no longer be renewed or recovered. After this period, the domain will be available to the general public for re-registration on “First come First serve basis”.

Domain Names must:

• have minimum of 2 and a maximum of 63 characters;
• begin with a letter or a number and end with a letter or a number;
• use the English character set and may contain letters (i.e., a-z, A-Z),numbers (i.e. 0-9) and dashes (-) or a combination of these;
• neither begin with, nor end with a dash;
• not contain a dash in the third and fourth positions (e.g. www.ab- -cd.tel); and
• not include a space (e.g. www.ab cd.tel).

Telnic Ltd. manages the registration of .TEL domain name extension.

The maximum period for this domain registration is 5 Years.