Baidu.tel domain not in Chinese hands

The baidu.tel domain name has been secured by a Netherlands-based Internet services company instead of China’s largest search engine, both called Baidu.

Telnic, the UK-based registry operator for the new .tel top level domain, yesterday confirmed that Baidu Europe, the Netherlands-based automation and Web design solutions organisation has secured the rights to the baidu.tel domain name in the trademark protected Sunrise period.

The Sunrise period for .tel domain registry will close in less than two weeks, on 2 February. Thereafter, Landrush begins when any individual or company can purchase any available .tel domain.

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