
United States .tel
PR Newswire
United States, New York. Company that helps corporations, public relations firms and non-governmental organizations to deliver news and multimedia content. Has offices in 14 countries and has several brands and services that include ProfNet, eWatch, MEDIAtlas, MultiVu, U.S. Newswire, Vintage Filings, MediaRoom and MediaSense. Cooperates with global news agencies such as Bloomberg, the Associated Press, Dow Jones and Reuters to send information directly to newsrooms worldwide. Offers .tel domains to its clients and journalist contacts at reduced rates. Person: Ninan Chacko (chief executive officer). by Dec 21
United Business
England, London. Business that provides business information services principally to the technology, healthcare, media, automotive and financial services industries. Listed on the London Stock Exchange. Owner of PR Newswire. Persons: John Botts (chairman), David Levin (chief executive officer). by Dec 21
David Levin
In addition to this profile: David Levin held senior positions at Psion, Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC, Apax Partners, Universal Grinding Wheels of Stafford and Bain & Company. by Dec 14
John Botts
Background Mr. John C.In addition to this profile: United Bussines Media is owner of PR Newswire, a company that helps corporations, public relations firms and non-governmental organizations to deliver news and multimedia content. by Dec 21
Ninan Chacko
In addition to BusinessWeek's profile: PR Newswire is a company that helps corporations, public relations firms and non-governmental organizations to deliver news and multimedia content. It offers .tel domains to its clients and journalist contacts at reduced rates. by Dec 21
Industrial Web Search
United States, north of New York. Industrial search engine designed specifically to target industrial and commercial buyers. Based on content tagging, seller members use keywords and phrases (tags) to identify their products and services to buyers. Is the first industrial search engine to integrate .tel's click to connect feature to place a call, send an email, visit a web page, or download a companys vCard to their desktop or mobile contact manger. Owned by Industrial Web Solutions. by Feb 8
Accurate Imaging
Are You Interested in Success on the Web? AIMG | Accurate Imaging is a full service website design and internet marketing agency that offers you both traditional offline marketing solutions and new media online marketing solutions . Providing custom website design & web development , ecommerce website design, application development & database design , search engine optimization , search engine marketing , web hosting , and offline advertising design to help your business to grow and succeed on the web. The successful projects we have completed for industrial manufacturers, distributors, resellers, merchants, small business owners, start-ups, communications providers, medical, health, pharmaceuticals, automobile manufacturers and others, enables us to provide you with valuable cost saving strategies and a plan that makes sense for you. Contact us now to learn more about website design, internet marketing and the cost saving strategies that will help you to succeed on the web.United States, north-east of Atlanta. Global marketing and web development agency that serves clients in the United States, Canada, Europe and Australia. Offers website design, search locomotive optimization, custom request development, consulting for business publicity and marketing, and design and management services for multi-channel initiatives. Owner of Industrial Web Solutions. by Feb 8
Joseph DeMicco
WebVisible
United States, south-east of Los Angeles. Software as a Service (SaaS) company and leading name in local online advertising. Highly awarded company. Is recognized for being a true expert in bringing the Internet as an advertising and customer acquisition medium to small businesses around the world. Provides .tel domains for all of its small business customers since December 2010. by Feb 14
Doug LaBahn
Executive vice-president of product development at WebVisible. Said in December 2010, after announcing that WebVisible was to incorporate .tel in their services: "With increasing competition for eyeballs online and the need for small businesses to be in as many places as possible in order to be discovered, we believe that .tel will be a significant enhancement for our clients when it comes to the multiple ways in which consumers are accessing local information. (...) The functionality and ease of use of .tel makes it an incredibly useful and low-cost central point of contact." by Jan 24
Ronald Burr
Ronald Terry Burr (born September 30, 1964) is an American Internet and media entrepreneur, based in Los Angeles, CA. Burr was the Chief Executive Officer of online advertising company WebVisible, Inc. until its closure in 2011 due to unpaid debts. [ 1 ] He is the holder of six internet patents [ 2 ] and the co-founder and original chief executive officer of NetZero . During his career he has created technology solutions for many of America's top companies, including IBM , Verizon Wireless , and Sempra Energy .In addition to this profile: in his career Burr raised over $400mm in capital. by Feb 14
Universal Business Listing
Ensuring your business information is correct, consistent and everywhere increases visibility and helps improve search rankings. Find out why it matters.United States, to the east of Atlanta. Provides a single entry point for enhanced business profiles which it distributes to all major search engines, Yellow Pages, social networks, mobile phones, 411 directory assistance, map sites and GPS devices. Is dedicated to providing an inexpensive, enhanced, business listing in one place that can be distributed uniformly to all major online directories and local based search engines. Started to integrate .tel domains within their service in January 2011. by Feb 14
Name Dynamics
United States, to the east of Atlanta. Is a business focused on the next generation of identity listings for businesses across social networks, portals, search engines, yellow page directories, city guides and 411 directory assistance. Is operator of Universal Business Listing. Founded by Doyal Bryant and Chris Travers by Feb 14
Doyal Bryant
In addition to this profile: BlueLake Capital Partners provides advisory services and management support to growth stage companies, both public and private, specializing in internet networking, wireless and wireline telecommunications and broadband and new media related companies. Doyal Bryant said about partnering with Telnic: "The .tel domain offers businesses a highly refined 'contact-us' page with strong visibility and quick indexing in search engines, making it an important tool for managing an online business identity." by Feb 14
Chris Travers
Chris Travers is an Internet media entrepreneur, and co-founder of Universal Business Listings. Chris has more than 20 years experience as a senior media executive and consultant to the online, news and Cable TV industries. As a journalist and editor he worked in Australia, England and the United States, including time as a White House correspondent. He has since held management positions at Reuters, Cablevision and Rainbow Media, and was CEO of FutureTV. He was the co-founder of the interactive media and advertising company, Empire Media and served as CEO of the search engine, Find.com. Based in Connecticut, he is an active entrepreneur and investor in Internet media.In addition to this profile: Chris Travers' specialties are search engine development and interactive advertising. by Feb 14
Dotster
United States, to the south of Washington. Large domain name registrar, which has private equity firm Baker Capital as its main investor. Offers .tel domains at a reduced price. Persons: Clint Page (president and chief executive officer), Brian Unruh (senior vice president and chief financial officer), William Shawn McCaughan (vice president operations). by Dec 21
Baker Capital
United States, New York. Private equity firm that is the main investor of Dotster. by Dec 14
Clint Page
In addition: private equity firm Baker Capital is Dotster's main investor. The domain registrar offers .tel domains at a reduced price. Clint Page, in an interview with Domain Informer: 'Domain names will become like phone numbers. They will become a destination not just for e-mail but for all types of communications. Everyone will have a domain name. There will be a growing convergence of information around domain names including: Web pages on PCs, PDAs, cell phones and other machines as well as an international expansion of Top Level Domains.' by Dec 21
Interview DomInformer
Clint Page , CEO of Dotster I have been with Dotster in the domain and web hosting industry since it was privatized in 2000. During that time, I’ve been fortunate enough to have been part of several industry firsts, including the first namespin algorithm, auto renewals, the first shopping cart and the first expired domain auctions. Under my tenure at Dotster, the company has thrived and has grown to become one of the largest registrars in the world. Dotster has helped almost one million businesses and individuals establish a web presence, build sites and drive traffic.Brian Unruh
In addition to this profile: InFocus Corporation was a $800 million public global digital projection technology company when Brian Unruh worked there. by Dec 14
eNom
United States, to the east of Seattle. Second largest domain registrar in the world, which is directly related to 10 million domain names. Acquired in 2006 BulkRegister and is owned by Demand Media. Offers .tel domain names and will bundle 'other value-added services' with this offering. Persons: Michael Blend (president), Jeffrey Eckhaus (general manager) and Chris Ambler (chief software strategist). by Dec 14
BulkRegister
United States, to the east of Seatlle. Wholesale provider of high-volume domain name registration services that offers .tel domains prominently on its main page. Was acquired in 2006 by eNom. Like eNom it is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Demand Media. by Dec 10
Demand Media
United States, to the east of Seattle. Leader in distributed social media which harnesses the creativity of individuals to deliver valuable content and help websites grow by providing content and community features 'that consumers truly want'. Raised more than 355 million dollars from tier-one investors, including Oak Investment Partners, Spectrum Equity Investors and Goldman Sachs. Persons: Richard Rosenblatt (co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer), Shawn Colo (co-founder and head mergers & acquisitions), Charles Hilliard (president and chief financial officer). by Dec 10
Richard Rosenblatt
In addition to CrunchBase's profile: Richard Rosenblatt sold MySpace and Intermix in 2005 to Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation for 650 million dollars. by Dec 14
Interview
In addition: Demand Media is owner of domain name registration companies that promote .tel domains. by Dec 21
Goldman Sachs
United States, New York. Leading global financial services firm providing investment banking, securities and investment management services to corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net-worth individuals. Is one of the investors behind Demand Media, a leader in distributed social media. Persons: Lloyd Blankfein (chairman and chief executive officer), David Viniar (chief financial officer and executive vice president), Gary Cohn (president, chief operating officer and director). by Dec 14
OAK Investment
United States, to the north-east of New York. Multi-stage venture capital firm, which has its primary investment focus on high growth opportunities in broadband internet and wireless communications, information technology and software outsourced services, consumer internet/new media, financial services technology, healthcare information and services, clean energy, and retail. Raised more than 8.4 billion dollars in investor commitments. Invested in Huffington Post (25 million) and Demand Media. Persons: Bandel Carano and Fred Harman (managing partners). by Dec 14
Bandel Carano
In addition to Forbes's profile: Bandel Carano has invested in companies with an emphasis on wireless and rich-media communications (2Wire, Airspan, Avici, CommVerge, CoreTek, Endwave, FiberTower, General Bandwidth, Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, MobiTV, NeoPhotonics, Netopia, PictureTel, Plastic Logic, Polycom, Presidio, PulsePoint, Qtera, Sentient Networks, SmartDrive Systems, Tegic, Trapeze, and Wellfleet); advanced software systems (Entropic, firstRain, Illustra/Informix, Sybase, Tele Atlas and Visto); advanced semiconductors (Actel, Airgo, CommQuest, Kenet, Level 5, NemeriX, Newport Media, nLight, Qpixel, Resonext, SMIC, Solarflare, Stretch, Synaptics and Virata); design automation (Centric Software, Interconnectix, Parametric, Synopsys and Tensilica); and Ccean energy technologies (Aurora BioFuels, Boston-Power, eSolar, GreenVolts, NanoH2O, PML, ReliOn, and Sundrop Fuels). Prior to Oak he joined Morgan Stanleys Venture Capital Group in 1983. by Dec 14
Fred Harman
In addition: Demand Media is a company in distributed social media, which owns domain name registration companies that promote .tel domains. by Dec 21
Spectrum
United States, Boston. Private equity firm whose investment activity is focused on business services, entertainment, communications, information services, media, and related growth sectors. Invested in Demand Media. Persons: Brion Applegate, William P. Collatos (co-founders and senior managing directors). by Dec 14
Michael Blend
In addition to this profile: eNom offers .tel domain names and will bundle 'other value-added services' with this offering. by Dec 14
MySpace
United States, Los Angeles. Social networking website, which is owned by News Corporation. Offers .tel domains to its members 'to better promote their MySpace page in organic search results from any device' and 'to securely share their more private contact information with non-MySpace users who wish to contact them'. Persons: Tom Anderson (co-founder & president), Owen Van Natta (chief executive officer). by Dec 14
One San Francisco
United States, San Francisco. Founder unknown. by Feb 9
Jay Williams
In addition to this profile: Jay Williams created the websites Dotteler, Igodottel, Dottel TV, and Dottel Name. by Dec 11
Tel Wings
United States, to the north-east of Atlanta. Website that offers new, creative possibilities for using .tel pages. Made by Christopher Vanderhorst. by Dec 22
Domain Bank
United States, to the north of Washington, close to the west coast. Company in domain registration and webhosting that offers .tel domains at a reduced price. Co-founded by Steve Heflin. by Dec 14
Name
United States, Denver in the state of Colorado. Company that offers domain name registration and related services. Offers .tel domains at a reduced price. Owned by Bill Mushkin. by Dec 14
Bill Mushkin
In addition to this profile: Mushkin Enhanced which is best known for producing computer memory modules. by Dec 14
Tel Fu
United States, close to the border with Arkansas in the state of Louisiana. Company in .tel advertising and search engine optimization. Currently for sale. Owned by David Taylor. by Dec 14
Ms Dot Tel
United States, between San Francisco and Los Angeles on the west coast. Owned by Sarena Valilis, who works at a local fashion retail store. by Dec 14
dot Earth
United States, to the south-west of Washington. Company in domain registration, webhosting and emailhosting services. Offers .tel domains at a reduced price. Owned by John Wong. by Dec 14
Online NIC
United States, close to San Francisco. Internet services company that offers .tel domains at a reduced price. Unknown owner. by Dec 14

